In Progress - Research & manuscripts for scholarly articles
"Racial trauma and the Vietnam War: a visual culture context for Luis Jiménez's Tank-Spirit of Chicago (1968)." - Manuscript in progress. Upcoming presentation of early stage research at the Conference on the Americas, Dahlonega, GA, 30533, February 21-22, 2026.
"Temporary Loss of Image: Mel Casas after the 1975 Whitney Biennial." Manuscript in progress.
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Below are the projects I am currently leading at the University of North Georgia,
in collaboration with faculty, staff, students, and community partners.
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Bob Owens: A Legacy Beyond Measure - An exhibition celebrating Bob Owens, North Georgia College's influential art professor and department founder. Archival sketchbooks, prints, drawings, pottery, and ceramic sculptures not previously shown will be on display, as well as first-hand accounts of Owens's impact as an art educator. Works by alumni impacted by Owens’s mentorship are also featured. Research for this exhibition was conducted by students completing the Spring 2026 course ART 4590 Exhibition Practicum.
Bob Owens - A Legacy Beyond Measure is the first exhibition in The Founders: Exhibition Series - featuring Bob Owens, Win Crannell, Tommye Scanlin, and their former students: the founders' living legacy.
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Currently on View through
February 20, 2026 at 4 pm
University of North Georgia, Dahlonega campus
Library and Technology Center Art Galleries
117 Georgia Circle, Dahlonega GA 30533
Open Hours - Monday - Thursday, 8 am - 10 pm; Friday, 8 am - 4 pm; Saturday, closed; Sunday, 1 pm - 10 pm
Home|Casa: a celebration of multiple belonging showcases artists who explore “belonging” by considering an expanded concept of “home.” Is home a place, a person, a feeling, a group, a way of being? Do we gravitate between multiple ”homes” or spaces of multiple belonging? This exhibition invites artists to celebrate belonging and also hybridity, ambiguity, and transition. This exhibition was curated by students in Dr. Ana Pozzi Harris's ART 4590: Exhibition Practicum. Participating artists are UNG students.
Closing Event - Student Artists Panel
February 20, 2026 - Time TBD
Cottrell Center for Business, Technology, and Innovation
Please note: This panel is part of a session at the 29th Annual Conference on the Americas, Feb. 20-21, 2026, to be held at the Cottrell Center for Business, Technology, and Innovation, University of North Georgia. Attending this panel requires a conference registration.
Where Is Home for Me?
Hispanic and Filipino student artists
at the Home|Casa art exhibition
Co-chaired by Ana Pozzi Harris, Kyle Murphy, and Tiffany Prater
Panelists - Jazlin Lugo, Daniela Bayardo Nassar, Evelyn Magaña, Estephanie Perez, Elizabeth Padilla Brun, Arely Marquez, Katelyn Aquino, Alpha Valencia, Sara Courtney, Rosa Ramos, Denise Gomez-del Rio
UNG student artists of Hispanic and Filipino descent who are participating in the UNG exhibition Home|Casa: A Celebration of Multiple Belonging will discuss their paintings, digital works, photographs, and craft pieces as part of a panel. They will share the ideas and experiences that informed them when creating these works. Some artists engaged directly with Latin American history and politics, while others focused on personal themes grounded in their cultural heritage and their experiences as new Americans. The exhibition Home|Casa invited student artists to explore an expanded concept of home as a form of identity, belonging, ambiguity, and transition. They were asked to consider: is home a place, a person, a feeling, a group, a way of being? Do we gravitate between multiple “homes” or spaces of multiple belonging? Home|Casa was produced as part of the course Exhibition Practicum and was funded by the UNG Center for Student Leadership & Engagement. This collaborative project between faculty and staff demonstrates UNG’s academic and institutional commitment to Hispanic, Latinx, multiethnic, and multicultural students.
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What A Face I Have! The Art of Lenn Redman celebrates the renowned caricature artist and humanitarian, highlighting both his witty portrayals of famous figures and his visionary 1970s lithographic series What Am I? The caricatures on view were selected by the artist’s son, Mark Redman, while the What Am I? installation was conceptualized and curated by UNG student Olivia Tinsley, under the mentorship of Dr. Ana Pozzi Harris. Drawing on materials from the Lenn Redman archive, Tinsley’s research connects the artist’s work to the cultural and social landscape of Los Angeles in the 1970s.
Lenn Redman (1912–1987) was an American artist, animator, and civil rights advocate. He created over 200,000 caricatures, worked on classic animations like Fantasia, and authored What Am I?, a poetic series promoting human multiplicity. Redman also taught at The Art Institute of Chicago and wrote the influential book How to Draw Caricatures.
Lenn Redman (1912–1987) was an American artist, animator, and civil rights advocate. He created over 200,000 caricatures, worked on classic animations like Fantasia, and authored What Am I?, a poetic series promoting human multiplicity. Redman also taught at The Art Institute of Chicago and wrote the influential book How to Draw Caricatures.
This exhibition is co-produced by the Redman Family Foundation, the University of North Georgia, and the Sautee Nacoochee Cultural Center.
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