Thursday, January 22, 2026

Speaker Events for Spring 2026

To receive credit for a speaker event, post a photo of you with the speaker on your blog. Ask the speaker permission to take a photo.
Two speaker events are required. I encourage you try to attend more so you may develop ideas and concepts for your visual work.
Many events available for co-curricular credit. Go to Saints Connect Flagler College (search online for website or through MyFlagler) to look for event and sign up for co-curricular.
Additional speaker events listed in Saints Connect or may be announced by the College during the semester. Students are not limited to the events I post here on the blog. If you do attend an event not listed here, must give name and date of event to receive credit (along with photo of you with speaker).

Wed. Jan. 28, 2026

6:00 - 8:00 pm

Markland House (located behind student center)

The Rise of Black Business in America Since the 1800's: A Look at How the Races Worked Together

Monday, Feb. 2, 2026

6:00 - 7:00 pm

Virginia Room, Second Floor Student Center

Dr. Robert Lawson, Director, Bridwell Institute for Economic Freedom, Southern Methodist University

Economic Freedom, Innovation, and the American Founding

Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2026

Solarium, Ponce Hall

10:00 am - 12:00 pm

In honor of National Girls and Women in Sport Day, we are having a Women in Sport panel event to celebrate Women in Sport.

Friday, Feb. 6, 2026

Crisp-Ellert Art Museum

Reception 5 - 8:00 pm

Artist Talk at 6:00 pm

Exhibition on view until March 28

Kendra Frorup:

Roots, Return and the Weight of Memory

Friday, Feb. 6, 2026

5:30 - 6:00

First Floor Proctor Library

Dr. Stephanie Holios, Art History

Ink on Paper and Skin

Also happening in this location, Opening Reception for 3D student work from Fall 2025, 5:00 -7:00. Interactive tables and light refreshments.

Monday, Feb. 9, 2026

7:00 - 8:00 pm

Markland House (behind Student Center)

Boyd Murphree, PhD

Revoluntionary War Confinement

Thursday, Feb. 12, 2026

6:30 - 8:00 pm

Virginina Room, Second Floor Student Center

What Part Did Florida Africans Play in the American Revolution?

The St. Augustine America 250 Lecture Series: “UNKNOWN FACES, FACTS AND FEATURES OF FLORIDA IN THE REVOLUTION” continues with speakers Jane Landers, Vanderbilt University, and Gigi Best-Richardson, African Diaspora Book Store & Museum.

Tuesday, February 24, 2026

7:00 - 8:00 pm

Virginia Room, Second Floor Student Center

The Ever-Expanding Presidencey From Two Vantage Points

Wednesday, February 25, 2026

Artist Talk, Dakota-Joan Parkinson

6:00 - 7:00 pm

Virginia Room, Second Floor Student Center

Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026

6:00 - 7:00 pm

Brown Innovation Center (part of student center, first floor, can enter from dining area or outside the building, right side).

Ernie Costello, Partner, Costello and DeHart Dental Excellence

Flagler Alumni

Innovation in Healthcare

Monday, March 9, 2026

7:00 - 8:00 pm

Markland House (behind Student Center)

Nicholar Miller, PhD, Associate Professor of History, Flagler College

Plantations of Northeastern Florida in Global Perspective

Thursday, April 2, 2026

7:00 - 8:00 pm

Markland House (behind Student Center)

Steve Noll, PhD

Florida Loves Manatees: Manatees and Florida Culture

Thursday, April 9, 2026

6:00 - 7:00 pm

Solarium, Ponce Hall, take elevator up.

Todd Zywicki, George Mason University Foundation Professor of Law

The Rule of Law: Origins, Influence, Impact

Monday, April 13, 2026

6:00 - 7:00 pm

Brown Innovation Center (part of student center, first floor, can enter from dining area or outside the building, right side).

Lundyn Carter, CEO and Co-Founder, Laine London

Flagler Alumni

Innovation in Fashion

Thursday, April 16, 2026

6:00 - 7:00 pm

Brown Innovation Center (part of student center, first floor, can enter from dining area or outside the building, right side).

Blake Richardson, CEO and Co-Founder Ease Alert

Flagler Alumni

Innovation in Emergency Services

Sunday, January 18, 2026

Artist Inspiration

Search this class blog for six artworks you admire.

Use the right column index to explore various categories.

If on your phone or ipad and do not see right column index, scroll to bottom of page and select "web version".

Images can be from a professional artist, design firm or student work.

A screen shot of the image will most likely be the most efficient way to capture the image.

Place images in a post on your personal blog.

Caption each image with the name of artist/design firm and a hyperlink to the site. This is necessary as whenever you place an artist's image on a public platform, you need to state their name and link to source.