<h4 style="text-align: center;">November 17 – January 13, 2018</h4>
<h4 style="text-align: center;">Reception: Friday, November 17, 5:30–8 pm</h4>
<div><span class=" author-d-4z65zz66zl57z75zyiz66zfr2fz87zwz89znuiz88zis4z67zprz77z2z86zkuz81z5gm9z66zz88zvz85zz68zz75zz85zz84z0z69zz65zu">Ron Abram's El Ambiente</span> <span class=" author-d-4z65zz66zl57z75zyiz66zfr2fz87zwz89znuiz88zis4z67zprz77z2z86zkuz81z5gm9z66zz88zvz85zz68zz75zz85zz84z0z69zz65zu h-lparen">(</span><span class=" author-d-4z65zz66zl57z75zyiz66zfr2fz87zwz89znuiz88zis4z67zprz77z2z86zkuz81z5gm9z66zz88zvz85zz68zz75zz85zz84z0z69zz65zu">The Environment) is an interdisciplinary show of printmaking, animation, and sculpture that brings into conversation folklore, family history, and popular culture. The exhibition will feature new work created for this show based on </span><span class=" author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90z956rz75zqz87zz65zdk4ukgz81zi8oz84z3tsz86zz122zz66zz65zz71zcsz65zz75z">the artist’s</span><span class=" author-d-4z65zz66zl57z75zyiz66zfr2fz87zwz89znuiz88zis4z67zprz77z2z86zkuz81z5gm9z66zz88zvz85zz68zz75zz85zz84z0z69zz65zu"> research </span><span class=" author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90z956rz75zqz87zz65zdk4ukgz81zi8oz84z3tsz86zz122zz66zz65zz71zcsz65zz75z">into</span><span class=" author-d-4z65zz66zl57z75zyiz66zfr2fz87zwz89znuiz88zis4z67zprz77z2z86zkuz81z5gm9z66zz88zvz85zz68zz75zz85zz84z0z69zz65zu"> his family </span><span class=" author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90z956rz75zqz87zz65zdk4ukgz81zi8oz84z3tsz86zz122zz66zz65zz71zcsz65zz75z">connections</span><span class=" author-d-4z65zz66zl57z75zyiz66zfr2fz87zwz89znuiz88zis4z67zprz77z2z86zkuz81z5gm9z66zz88zvz85zz68zz75zz85zz84z0z69zz65zu"> to Puerto Rico. The show consists of </span><span class=" author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90z956rz75zqz87zz65zdk4ukgz81zi8oz84z3tsz86zz122zz66zz65zz71zcsz65zz75z">a series of multi-media</span> <span class=" author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90z956rz75zqz87zz65zdk4ukgz81zi8oz84z3tsz86zz122zz66zz65zz71zcsz65zz75z h-ldquo">“</span><span class=" author-d-iz88z86z86za0dz67zz78zz78zz74zz68zjz80zz71z9iz90z956rz75zqz87zz65zdk4ukgz81zi8oz84z3tsz86zz122zz66zz65zz71zcsz65zz75z">peep holes”</span><span class=" author-d-4z65zz66zl57z75zyiz66zfr2fz87zwz89znuiz88zis4z67zprz77z2z86zkuz81z5gm9z66zz88zvz85zz68zz75zz85zz84z0z69zz65zu"> that reveal prints and puppets with video and sound, introducing viewers to the queer, magical, and mysterious space of  El Ambiente, where queer and straight spaces meet.</span></div>
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<div><span class=" author-d-4z65zz66zl57z75zyiz66zfr2fz87zwz89znuiz88zis4z67zprz77z2z86zkuz81z5gm9z66zz88zvz85zz68zz75zz85zz84z0z69zz65zu">Exploring real sites/locations as points of personal and collective meaning, Abram is an artist and curator who works with metaphor and symbolism. He is a master printmaker and Associate Professor of Art and Queer Studies at Denison University, where he has taught since 1995.</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class=" author-d-4z65zz66zl57z75zyiz66zfr2fz87zwz89znuiz88zis4z67zprz77z2z86zkuz81z5gm9z66zz88zvz85zz68zz75zz85zz84z0z69zz65zu">Panel Discussion</span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="ace-all-bold-hthree"><span class=" author-d-4z65zz66zl57z75zyiz66zfr2fz87zwz89znuiz88zis4z67zprz77z2z86zkuz81z5gm9z66zz88zvz85zz68zz75zz85zz84z0z69zz65zu"><b>Queer Prism: Casting a Light on Latinidad, Intersectionality, &amp; Place  </b></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span class=" author-d-4z65zz66zl57z75zyiz66zfr2fz87zwz89znuiz88zis4z67zprz77z2z86zkuz81z5gm9z66zz88zvz85zz68zz75zz85zz84z0z69zz65zu">Saturday, December 2 at 1 PM</span></div>
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<div><span class=" author-d-4z65zz66zl57z75zyiz66zfr2fz87zwz89znuiz88zis4z67zprz77z2z86zkuz81z5gm9z66zz88zvz85zz68zz75zz85zz84z0z69zz65zu">Moderated by Larry La Fontaine,</span> <span class=" author-d-4z65zz66zl57z75zyiz66zfr2fz87zwz89znuiz88zis4z67zprz77z2z86zkuz81z5gm9z66zz88zvz85zz68zz75zz85zz84z0z69zz65zu h-ldquo">“</span><span class=" author-d-4z65zz66zl57z75zyiz66zfr2fz87zwz89znuiz88zis4z67zprz77z2z86zkuz81z5gm9z66zz88zvz85zz68zz75zz85zz84z0z69zz65zu">Queer Prism” builds on the themes of Abram’s exhibition. The panel investigates Latino and Queer identities, and the stories created around places that bring people together. Looking at Puerto Rico's queer spaces</span> <span class=" author-d-4z65zz66zl57z75zyiz66zfr2fz87zwz89znuiz88zis4z67zprz77z2z86zkuz81z5gm9z66zz88zvz85zz68zz75zz85zz84z0z69zz65zu h-lparen">(</span><span class=" author-d-4z65zz66zl57z75zyiz66zfr2fz87zwz89znuiz88zis4z67zprz77z2z86zkuz81z5gm9z66zz88zvz85zz68zz75zz85zz84z0z69zz65zu">el ambiente) and how they have become more visible in society, the panel will explore the transformation of Latino identity in light of growing acceptance of queer identity. Participants include Ron Abram, David Acosta, Gerard Silva, and Nikki Lopez.</span></div>
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<div>RSVP <a href="http://tallerpr.org/event/the-queer-prism/">here</a></div>