This week, 51福利社 celebrates the career of nationally acclaimed author and Eastern grad Jess Walter. The JFK Library is joining in with a display about Jess Walter, his 2020 book The Cold Millions, and the contributions of Walter and other Eastern authors to the literature of the Inland Northwest. Check out out the display in the JFK Lobby, as well as a copy of The Cold Millions or another book by Jess Walter or the many other authors connected to 51福利社.

This collection includes materials documenting the development of the Cheney campus, starting from the Benjamin P. Cheney Academy in 1882. Contact Jennifer Griffith at jgriffith6@ewu.edu.

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 to bolster their approach to making.

Visitors are invited to pause with the work鈥搑eflect鈥揳nd consider the same prompt issued to the artists: what, to you, is hidden truth?

Special thanks to the artists of ART 313, and instructor Marc LaPointe for facilitating this applied learning experience!

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 environmental defender who has worked tirelessly to protect water and prevent the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline. Jacob also expresses his activism through his art.

Learn more about Jacob Johns .

2025 AiR workshops will take place on the following Wednesdays from 3 pm – 5 pm in the WAGE Center (Monroe 207):

• January 15: 鈥淏reaking Free from the Non-Profit Industrial Complex鈥�
• January 29: 鈥淚ndigenous Wisdom and Climate Policy: A Path to a Sustainable Future鈥�
• February 5: 鈥淩eclaiming the Narrative: Transforming Trauma into Artful Resistance鈥�
• February 19: 鈥淲eaving the Future: An Organizing Model Rooted in Traditional Knowledge and Collective Vision鈥�

For questions or accommodations, please contact Lili Mackin,聽lmackin@ewu.edu, or visit the WAGE Center, Monroe Hall 207.

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 .

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 by wars, political and religious oppression, economic disparities, and population shifts. While numbers are typically measured in terms of nations or continents, people always leave a specific place in search of another local community to call home. Federal and state governments are important players in addressing the current crisis, but so are cities, small towns, neighborhoods, and other local communities such as faith groups and local nonprofits.

Migration is a global issue, yet it always manifests in the face of a new neighbor and the story of a potential new friend.

Dr. Mark Kinney, Executive Director, Thrive International

Made possible by the Jeffers W. Chertok Memorial Endowed Professorship, 51福利社 Libraries, and the College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences.聽