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2023 | Reception with HT94 Curator & Anthropologist Jason De León
March 2, 2023 @ 3:30 pm - 5:00 pm
Reception with HT94 Curator & Anthropologist Jason De León
Thursday, March 2, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
Join us for a reception at the museum with UCLA anthropologist Jason De León!
Join us Thursday, March 2 for the culmination of the Hostile Terrain 94 exhibition with HT94 founder and anthropologist Jason De León. De León and other special guests, including WSU faculty and students who have been engaged with the participatory aspects of HT94 at WSU, will be available to mingle with visitors. You can look forward to an evening of engaged discussion and reflection about Hostile Terrain 94 and issues of migration at the US-Mexico border.
Earlier in the day Jason De León will offer a Foley Institute Lecture from 12:00-1:00pm titled “The Land of Open Graves: Raising Awareness about Migrant Life and Death along the US/Mexico Border.” The HT94 exhibition is on view at the museum from January 17-March 11, 2023.
About Jason De León | Jason De León is Executive Director of the Undocumented Migration Project and the Colibrí Center for Human Rights, a 501(c)(3) research, arts, and education collective focused on raising awareness about issues related to migration and assisting families of missing migrants. De León is also Professor of Anthropology and Chicana, Chicano, and Central American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of the award-winning book The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail and a 2017 MacArthur Fellow.
LOCATION | The Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU is located in the Crimson Cube (on Wilson Road across from Martin Stadium and the CUB) on the WSU Pullman campus. The museum is currently open Tuesday through Friday from 1-4 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., and closed Sunday and Monday.