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)." - Upcoming presentation of early stage research at the Conference on the Americas, Dahlonega, GA, 30533, February 20, 2026. (Panel 2A - 3:30 - 4:45 - Art, Language, and Literature)
"Luis Jiménez, Racial Minorities, and the Vietnam War, 1968-1973." Manuscript in progress.
"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 - 11:30 - 12:45 pm
Library and Technology Center - UNG Dahlonega
Where Is Home for Me?
Hispanic and Filipino student artists
at the Home|Casa art exhibition
Co-chaired by Ana Pozzi Harris and Kyle Murphy
Panelists -
Jazlin Lugo, Daniela Bayardo Nassar, Evelyn Magaña, Estephanie Perez, Arely Marquez, Katelyn Aquino, Alpha Valencia, Sara Courtney, 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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