News Release

Lou Rizzolo speaks on "Creativity, the Arts, and World Peace"

The Carney Latin American Solidarity Archives (CLASA) and the Philosophy Department at the University of Detroit Mercy are sponsoring an afternoon with Lou Rizzolo, artist and professor emeritus from Western Michigan University. Professor Rizzolo's topic will be "Creativity, the Arts and World Peace." The event will be held on Friday, Nov. 30, 2007 at 1 p.m. in Briggs Room 348 of the McNichols campus.

Rizzolo is also President of "Big Think," an organization that through its mission "promotes the Oneness of Humankind" and "racial, religious and gender equality through workshops and installations." He has taught in France, Norway, Austria, Scotland, Switzerland, Hawaii, Australia, Canada and Albania.

Rizzolo has been nationally honored for his environmental multimedia sculpture installations in Detroit and elsewhere. He is a graduate from the University of Iowa where he received his art degree.

Release date: November 30, 2007

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