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Alice Pennisi, associate professor and chair of the Art Education Department, will present "Doing the Same Thing Differently: Teaching, Learning, and Art Making in Thailand and Ireland" on Thursday, March 9, at 12:15 p.m. in Science and Mathematics Complex 170 as part of the Artists on the Road: Travel as a Source of Inspiration series.

Dr. Pennisi has engaged in an almost constant state of movement and travel. In the last three decades, she has lived on three continents, in four countries, and in nine cities. In her presentation, she will examine three aspects of experiences that challenge ideas—doing the same thing differently, value and cultural memory, and seeing artwork as commentary—based on taking art education graduate students to Thailand and undergraduates of all majors to Ireland.

"I have lived in Southeast Asia, so I feel at home in Thailand," she said. "I miss the valuing of art, which is embedded in everyday life there."

Dr. Pennisi received her undergraduate degree from Barnard College, Columbia University, and studied painting at the New York Studio School. She holds a doctorate in art education from Teachers College, Columbia University, with master’s degrees in both art education and curriculum and teaching, specializing in early adolescence.

The third and final presenter for the spring semester will be Yola Monakhov Stockton, assistant professor of fine arts, on Thursday, April 20, who will present “The Atlas of Aloha Aina: Mapping the Love of the Land” about Hawaiian identity, tourism, and photography.

The Artists on the Road Series is sponsored by the Design Department and the International and Exchange Programs Office. For further information, please contact Carol Townsend, associate professor of design and coordinator of design foundations.