Texas Border Business –
“Journey Stories,” a traveling exhibit from the Smithsonian Institution, will open Feb. 17, 2015 at The University of Texas-Pan American Library and be on display in the Library’s Shary Room through March 27. UTPA is one of only six places in Texas that the exhibit will travel to this year and UTPA was able to schedule it to coincide with the 2015 Festival of International Books and Arts (FESTIBA) March 4-8.
An opening reception for the exhibit will be held Feb. 17 from 4-6 p.m. Hours for the exhibit, which is free and open to the public, are Monday-Friday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
The exhibit’s theme is immigration, migration, and transportation. It suggests that “everyone has a journey” and asks “what’s yours?” To learn more about what the exhibit is about, you may view a brief video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajGkdarLzjY.
The Library hopes the exhibit will inspire students to incorporate projects connected to journey topics, whether the students are in history, art, literature, creative writing, music, or other coursework.
In conjunction with “Journey Stories,” the library is hosting a speaker series. Several faculty members and local historians will make presentations while the exhibit is here:
•Feb. 17, 6-8 p.m. UTPA Ballroom. Book Launch for “Living the Dream: New Immigration Policies and the Lives of Undocumented Latino Youth,” Dr. Jessica L. Lavariega Monforti
•Feb. 19, noon-1 p.m. Schilling Room (Library 2.101). “We Were Here First: Early Indians of the Rio Grande Valley,” Dr. Russell Skowronek
•March 10, noon-1 p.m. Schilling Room (Library 2.101). “Orphan Trains,” Dorothy Lund Nelson
•March 12, noon-1 p.m. Schilling Room (Library 2.101). “Poems About Travel,” Emmy Perez
•March 24, noon-1 p.m. Schilling Room (Library 2.101). “Travel Writing: Sharing Your Journey Stories with Others,”Dr. Phil Zwerling
•March 26, noon-1 p.m. Schilling Room (Library 2.101). “Songs About Travel,” Dr. Andrés Amado
“Journey Stories” has been made possible at UTPA by the Texas State Historical Association. The exhibit is part of Museum on Main Street, a collaboration between the Smithsonian Institution and State Humanities Councils nationwide. Support for Museum on Main Street has been provided by the United States Congress.
For special accommodations or for more details, contact Virginia Haynie Gause, media and marketing librarian, at (956) 665-2303 or vgause@utpa.edu.
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