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** UPDATE** 

This event is at capacity so we are no longer taking RSVPs. 

Please check out some of the upcoming ARTS+ events here!https://umbc.edu/artsplus/

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Join us for a talk on creativity by award-winning author, artist, and cartoonist Lynda Barry. Author of 21 books, Barry was the acclaimed creator of the seminal comic strip Ernie Pook's Comeek, and in 2019 received a MacArthur "genius" grant.

"Why do people wish they could write, sing, dance, and draw, long after they've given up on these things?," asks Barry. "Does creative activity have a biological function? There is something common to everything we call the arts. What is it? It's something I call 'an image', something that feels alive and is contained and transported by something that is not alive — a book, or a song or a painting — anything we call an 'art form'. This ancient 'it' has been around at least as long as we have had hands, and the state of mind it brings about is not plain old 'thinking'. This talk is about our innate creative ability to work with images and what the biological function of this thing we call 'the arts' may be. Please note: There will be swear words, party tricks, and jokes about balls."

This event is FREE but we appreciate an RSVP!
Doors open at 6:30pm
A lite reception will follow the lecture. 

Lynda Barry will be leading a comic-making workshop on Friday Feb 20! More info and sign-up link here.