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CMA galleries are temporarily closed for a lighting update project. We are still open for events and rentals, and will begin reopening galleries on May 24 with Sam Gilliam: Printmaker. Learn more about the project here.

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Talks and Tours

Life Underground

Wednesday, September 1 | Talk from 6:30 – 8:00 p.m. | Galleries open from 5:00 - 6:30 p.m.

It’s the 1980s, and the Soviet Union is teetering on the edge of transition. Let’s go underground with panelists Irina Nakhova, an artist whose work is featured in The Ironic Curtain exhibition; Dr. Elena Osokina, internationally published and esteemed professor of Russian history at UofSC; and Dr. Gordon Smith, distinguished professor emeritus in the political science department at UofSC. Enjoy a lively and candid conversation about life under Soviet government control with particular emphasis on issues of personal and artistic freedom. Moderated by Joel Samuels, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences and director of the Rule of Law Collaborative at UofSC.

Face coverings required for this event.

$10 / $8 for seniors / $5 for students / free for members. Galleries open before the talk from 5:00 - 6:30 p.m., admission included. 

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Sponsored by the Richard L. Walker Institute of International Studies at UofSC and the Columbia World Affairs Council.

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CMA galleries are temporarily closed for a lighting update project. We are still open for events and rentals, and will begin reopening galleries on May 24 with Sam Gilliam: Printmaker. Learn more about the lighting project. 

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