Southern Aesthetics Workshop

The Southern Aesthetics Workshop is a pre-read workshop with an emphasis on aesthetics being done in the Southern United States. 

This year's invited talks include an artist keynote from poet Rose McLarney, winner of the National Poetry Series, and papers by Sergio Gallegos and Corey Reed.

Please join us!

Talks:

Sergio Gallegos on Sor Juana de la Cruz

Corey Reed, "Bad Artist, Banned Art?: Black Aesthetics, Political Protest, and Complicated Artifacts"

John Garner, "Susanne Langer and the Question of Vocabulary for the Arts"

Rissa Willis, "The Aesthetics of Amateur Arts & Crafts"

Udayshree Kanungo, "The Craft of Work: Perception, Complexity, and The Aesthetics of Labor Practices"

Kari Hanson-Park, "“Beyond Story Songs: Country Music and Literary Lyrics”

Shantel Blakely, "Architecture's Automatisms"

Angela Sun, "Rewatching"

Michael Dickson, “The Aesthetics of Musical Practice”

Kyle Kirby, “The Aesthetic Dimension of Value”

Ian Heckman, “Oppressed Bodies”