Photographs of discarded objects found along the border between Texas and Mexico are the subject of an art exhibit and two upcoming talks at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Photographs of discarded objects found along the border between Texas and Mexico are the subject of an art exhibit and two upcoming talks at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Artist Susan Harbage Page will speak about her exhibit Wednesday (Feb. 16), and Danielle Alvarado, a volunteer for the nonprofit humanitarian organization No More Deaths, on Feb. 24. Both will speak at 7 p.m. at the FedEx Global Education Center, where the exhibit is up through March 12. All are free to the public.
Harbage Page, an art instructor and affiliated faculty member in women’s studies at UNC, has taken the photos for the past four years, depicting possessions left behind by people who attempted to cross the border from Mexico. The exhibit includes a border installation incorporating the Rio Grande.
Alvardo’s group seeks to end death and suffering on the border. She will share stories about families she has helped, information on U.S. immigration policies and answer questions about her organization.
The center, at the corner of McCauley and Pittsboro streets, is open weekdays from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. and Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Limited parking is available in a garage under the building after 5 p.m. weekdays and on Saturdays.
The exhibition and lectures are hosted by the UNC Institute for the Study of the Americas, Center for the Study of the American South, Center for Global Initiatives and Carolina Union Activities Board. For more information, visit http://www.global.unc.edu/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1854&Itemid=118 or call (919) 962-2435.
Note: Harbage Page can be reached at susanharbagepage@gmail.com
FedEx Global Education Center contact: Laura Griest, (919) 962-0318, lauragriest@unc.edu