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Jennifer (Otis) Miller has an MFA in Ceramics (2000, U Iowa) and an MA ESL (2015, Hamline University). Currently, she is a doctoral student in UI College of Education's Language, Literacy, and Culture program. In this talk, Jennifer shares her research on artists, activism, and museums. First, she grounds her talk by sharing two examples her past studio arts practice and art installation projects that sought to elevate our collective environmental consciousness and promote wetland preservation and restoration here in the midwestern region. Second, she presents two ongoing projects that began during her 2021 Obermann Fellowship with the African American Museum of Iowa: one visual arts project (Unwavering: Art Creation in Defense of Black Lives https://blackiowa.org/event/unwaverin...) and one virtual writing project (Unwavering: Virtual Writing Project: https://blackiowa.org/unwavering-virt.... Third, Jennifer presents her research and engagement with the Broken Treaty Quilts and Broken Treaty Medallions, two ongoing arts activist projects by Gina Adams.

Recorded April 16, 2021.