The Virginia Darnes Yates Endowment Presents: Dialogues in Rhythm
Thursday, March 27, 4:30 – 6:30pm:

Panel discussion and Rhythm Nations exhibition opening reception
Free and open to the public

Edith Kinney Gaylord Cornerstone Arts Center Film Screening Room & IDEA Space

Colorado College faculty members Idris Goodwin, Santiago Guerra, and Naomi Wood engage in conversation with featured artists Ruben Aguirre, Jaque Fragua, and Kelly Monico. (Reception features performance and music)

• Idris Goodwin: An accomplished poet and essayist, Goodwin teaches performance writing and Hip Hop aesthetics at Colorado College. He received his BA in Film, Video, and Screenwriting from Columbia College, his MFA in Creative Writing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, and continues graduate work at the University of Iowa’s Iowa Playwrights Workshop. He’s performed on HBO, Discovery Channel, and Sesame Street. His book These Are The Breaks was nominated for a Pushcart Prize. His works have been staged by Victory Gardens, Steppenwolf, and the MCA in Chicago, the Pillsbury Center in Minneapolis, and the Revolutions Theater Festival in Albuquerque. He is the recipient of numerous national awards, fellowships, and honors.
• Santiago Guerra: Guerra received a B.A. in Chicano Studies from Southwestern University and an M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Texas Austin in Anthropology, with a specific emphasis on Mexican/American Borderlands Social Anthropology. His research focuses on the geographic region of the U.S.- Mexico Borderlands, including drug trafficking in the Americas and connections between race and crime in the United States. As Assistant Professor of Southwest Studies at Colorado College, Guerra teaches courses such as “The Drug War” and “The Mexican Immigrant Experience.” His most recent article, Becoming An Il/legal Anthropologist, was published by the American Anthropological Association in Anthropology News.
• Naomi Wood: An Assistant Professor of Spanish at Colorado College, Wood’s approach to research and teaching is informed by her training in dance and a curiosity about the ways that different bodies (citizens) are allowed or denied rights. Through examining a variety of texts in tandem—performance, literature, music, film—Wood emphasizes the important role of popular culture in the understanding of nation formation in 19th and 20th century Latin America. She received a BA in Comparative Literature from Mills College, an MA in Hispanic Literatures from the University of Minnesota, and a Ph.D. in Hispanic and Lusophone Literatures and Cultures from the University of Minnesota.