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WPR interview: Odyssey Beyond Bars expands across the state
I was invited to speak on WPR‘s Central Time in April 2022 about Odyssey Beyond Bars’s program expansion. “The Odyssey Beyond Bars project, which provides continuing education for incarcerated people, is expanding to more of Wisconsin’s correctional facilities. We talk with the program manager about how it works and what’s in store for the future.” Odyssey Beyond Bars project expanding classes to more state correctional facilities By Dean Knetter Air Date: Listen The Odyssey Beyond Bars project, which provides continuing education for incarcerated people, is expanding to more of Wisconsin’s correctional facilities. We talk with the program manager about how…
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Local Roles: An Interview with Lauren Surovi, Mellon Public Humanities Fellow
I was recently interviewed by the UW-Madison Center for Humanities about my upcoming position as Prison Education Communication Fellow with Odyssey Beyond Bars. “The Center interviewed two 2020-21 Fellows to discuss the issues underlying the current protests in Dane County and how they see their public fellowship positions contributing to the fight for racial justice as well as their academic work.” Click through to read the full interview below.
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“Life, Love, and the Literary: Cultural Power and Prestige in Renaissance Marriage Chests”
In September 2018, I was asked by the Chazen Museum of Art to give a talk in honor of their exhibit, “Life, Love, and Marriage in Renaissance Italy.” From the Chazen website: “Organized by the Museo Stibbert and Contemporanea Progetti in Florence, Italy, the Chazen Museum of Art will host an exhibition of Italian wedding chests, also known as cassoni. To explore the social and practical functions of these important objects, the exhibition will include related domestic items such as maiolica wares, fabric, and architectural decorations, in addition to panel paintings and intact chests made in Italy from the 14th…
