Artist, poet present work at UCA today

Contemporary media artist Edie Tsong tonight will open her exhibit at UCA’s Baum Gallery with an artist’s talk from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. in McCastlain Hall room 143 (the Art Lecture hall). Prior to her talk, an interactive opening reception will be held in the Baum Gallery Foyer from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m. Tsong’s work will be displayed in the Baum Gallery through Nov. 29.

Also tonight, poet and essayist Naomi Shihab Nye will give a 7:30 p.m. reading of her work in UCA’s Brewer-Hegeman Conference Center and sign books afterward as part of the Artist in Residence program. Nye, an award-winning poet, writer, anthologist and educator who grew up in St. Louis, Jerusalem and San Antonio as the daughter of a Palestinian father and American mother, attests to shared humanity through her writing.

Tsong’s and Nye’s appearances are presented by UCA’s College of Fine Arts and Communication.