Brosseau Center for Learning: In Conversation with the 2018–19 KU Common Book
Exhibition Overview
The KU Common Book program represents a campus-wide initiative to engage first-year students in a shared reading and discursive experience. This year’s selection, Create Dangerously: The Immigrant Artist at Work, by Edwidge Danticat, has prompted the selection of this year’s Common Work of Art, a painting by Haitian-born artist Ulrick Jean-Pierre. This installation of objects from the Spencer’s collection expands upon topics explored within Danticat’s narrative such as creative expression amidst times of turmoil, the challenges and opportunities faced by immigrant artists, and the intertwined histories of Haiti and the United States. This installation complements the Spencer’s exhibition, The Ties that Bind: Haiti, the United States, and the Art of Ulrick Jean-Pierre in Comparative Perspective, which will be on view from September 8th, 2018–January 7th, 2019. Numerous programs and departments will use this installation as part of their curriculum including First Year Experience, Latin American and Caribbean Studies, and English.
Works of art
