Donahue featured in Tuesday's Graves Lecture

Donahue is a Professor of Art in the Department of Visual and Performing Arts. As a teacher and practitioner of art and graphic design, she is interested in the human story and how it is portrayed. Late last summer, Donahue was selected to be an extra in one episode of the Coen Brothers’ first Netflix series, “The Ballad of Buster Scruggs” filmed near Scottsbluff, Nebraska.

During her time as an extra, she was able to observe firsthand the process of professional movie making and the human story behind the production. The title of her presentation is “On the Trail of the Oscar-Winning Filmmakers, the Coen Brothers…in the Nebraska Panhandle.” The episode is set to air later this year.

Smith and Tucker, who have led CSC student groups to Cuba, will wrap up the series with a discussion about the challenges Cuba has faced since the 1959 revolution, including the recent death of Fidel Castro. During the lecture, Smith and Tucker will analyze some of the changes and continuities that have occurred since the revolution. They will also reference the present conditions as well as possible future paths. The title of their talk is “Cuba: Change and Continuity.”