Oberlin College and Conservatory

Eli Valley: Drawing the Dystopia

Tuesday, November 19, 2019 at 7:30pm to 9:00pm

Nancy Schrom Dye Lecture Hall, Science Center
119 Woodland Street, Oberlin, OH 44074

Join us for a presentation on art, politics, and Judaism by one of the most important and outspoken Jewish artists working today:

Eli Valley is a writer and artist whose work has been featured in The Nation, The New Republic, The Village Voice, The Nib, The Guardian, The Daily Beast, Gawker and elsewhere. The 2011-2013 artist in residence at The Forward newspaper, his art has been labeled “ferociously repugnant” by Commentary and “hilarious” by The Comics Journal. His critically acclaimed DIASPORA BOY: COMICS ON CRISIS IN AMERICA AND ISRAEL is available now from OR Books.

His art is available at elivalley.com / @elivalley

“This is disgusting.” — Alan Dershowitz

“This is one of the most anti-semitic things I’ve ever seen.“ — Meghan McCain

“Grotesque. … Wretched.” — Bret Stephens

“Your work is disgusting. And also stupid.” — Marty Peretz

Join us for a debrief/discussion from 3-4 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 23 in Wilder Hall.

Event Type

Info Sessions/Presentations/Webinars

Group
Students for a Free Palestine
Contact Person

Matthew Sean Kinsella-Walsh

Contact Phone Number

6085201125

Contact E-mail Address

sfp@oberlin.edu

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