Dr Buick with the Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Anchorage

Dr. Kirsten Pai Buick on African American History in Anchorage

In June, Dr. Kirsten Pai Buick, Chair of UNM’s Africana Studies Department and Professor of Art History, sanctioned by the Department of the Interior and federal law to integrate African American history into American history, visited Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church in Anchorage.

Dr. Buick, also a member of the 400 Years of African American History Commission, was joined by Addie Richburg, Executive Director, youth ambassadors, and community members including the brother of George Floyd who was murdered by a Minneapolis police officer in 2020.

Subhankar Banerjee Leads in Environmental Arts & Humanities

Subhankar Banerjee Leads in Environmental Arts & Humanities

Subhankar Banerjee, professor in the UNM Department of Art, is a photographer, writer, curator, and environmental humanities scholar. He is also the founder and director of the Center for Environmental Arts & Humanities at UNM.
On Earth Day, the Center opened a small exhibition of Banerjee’s work, “BioDiversity,” at the Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) in Princeton. After being on display for a year, the full contents of the“BioDiversity” exhibit will become part of the permanent archive at the Shelby White and Leon Levy Archives Center at IAS.

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