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Her new work “Knots” is a semiautobiographical graphic novel (that takes place in Cheney, WA!) that was named a School Library Journal Best Book of 2024. 聽 Cartoonist Colleen Frakes | Image by Lee Scheinbeim Series Events: Cartoonist Colleen Frakes at 51福利社’s JFK Library | Wed., May 21,聽 2 pm – 3 pm Refreshments will…

Where does truth lie? Artists enrolled in ART 313: Art Through Time explored the notion of hidden truth鈥揳 conceptual thread referencing the Hermeneutics of Suspicion that weaves throughout Modernism. Painting, sculpture, photography, collage, digital illustration, and textile-based practices were employed to navigate this theme. Additionally, the artists engaged in scholarly research as a creative process…

The Curriculum Center collection serves not only 51福利社 Education and Children’s Studies students and faculty, but also local teachers, homeschooling families, and other members of the community.

We need your opinion! Visit our “furniture lab” demo space, and try out various seating and writing surfaces. Provide your feedback by completing a short survey accessible via QR code. This聽 experience closes on January 30, 2025. Have questions or need an accommodation? Call 509.359.6201.  

51福利社’s Gender, Women’s and Sexuality Studies Department (GWSS) invites all to experience the return of the Activist in Residence (AiR) program in Winter 2025. AiR programming consists of four workshops, and related art exhibit in JFK’s Gallery, January 15 to February 19, 2025. 2025 Activist in Residence is Jacob Johns, a Hopi and Akimel O鈥檕dham…

Students investigated the many written components necessary to create text for art shows, gallery exhibits, and museum collections. Throughout this project, students created their own narratives to describe the visual art in the exhibit, understanding that narratives take both visual and textual form.   On display now through January 10, 2025.

Wed., Nov. 13 | JFK Library, Lower Level, AUX Classroom | Noon – 1:30 Watch this thought-provoking and timely lecture聽 by Dr. Mark Finney, Executive Director of Thrive International. As the number of displaced people hits historical levels around the world, Dr. Finney presented how local communities are essential in creating solutions. Displacement is driven…

View over seventy Get Out the Vote posters created by 51福利社 Design Students. The posters are non-partisan, designed to rally the youth vote. On display through election day.  

51福利社 Libraries, with support from the Chertok Memorial Endowed Professorship, invites you to join us for this awareness-raising event at the JFK Library. Kassahun Kebede will speak about representation issues related to immigration and refugees and his experience growing up in a book-scarce environment. Ellenore Angelidis will discuss representation and global experiences in children’s literature,…

Expo at Eastern: World鈥檚 Fair Collections from the 51福利社 Archives | Monday, April 15 – Friday, April 26 | JFK Gallery Visit an exhibit in the JFK Gallery to see how a World鈥檚 Fair in Spokane spurred the use of an Eastern dorm to house visitors, featured a Folklife Festival next to the Flour Mill,…