The public is invited to come hear UFV’s 2013 writer-in-residence Rex Weyler at a reading on Thursday, Jan 17 on the Abbotsford campus.
Metaphor and Meaning in the Arts, Culture, & Politics
Thurs, Jan 17
Noon–1 pm
University House (Abby F125)
Join Greenpeace International co-founder and renowned writer & ecologist Rex Weyler in discussing the challenge of infusing art with real meaning, how artists help culture adjust to social changes, and the role of innovation & activism in keeping the art relevant!
Read Rex in Greenpeace: How a Group of Ecologists, Journalists and Visionaries Changed the World; at Deep Green, Greenpeace International website, in The Tyee, Energy Bulletin, and at rexweyler.com.
Sponsored by the Kuldip Gill Writing Fellowship, UFV English department, Office of the Dean of Arts.