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Eureka College’s 71st Annual Jackson Lecture Series Partners with Art for Interdisciplinary Presentation Featuring Artist Adda Farcus

March 03, 2026

Eureka College will present the 71st Annual William Thomas Jackson Lecture on Friday, March 20 in Becker Auditorium from 5-6 p.m. and include a public reception for the accompanying exhibition from 6–8 p.m. in the Burgess Hall Art Gallery. The Jackson Lecture and Exhibition is free and open to the public.

This year’s exhibition is launching an interdisciplinary collaboration between the College’s Science and Mathematics–funded lecture series and the Department of Art. The goal is to create a cross-disciplinary experience that examines urgent global issues through multiple lenses.

Our featured guest is artist and activist Adda Farcus, whose exhibition Room Tone explores the emotional and environmental impacts of climate change. Farcus’s work blends sound, light, video, poetry, and installation to create immersive environments that reflect mortality and the climate crisis.

The exhibition will remain on view March 20 through April 17, 2026. Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. For more information about the exhibition or gallery hours, please contact Professor Alex Martin at amartin@eureka.edu.

About the Artist

Farcus is an activist, artist, curator, feminist organizer, poet, quasi-linguist, teacher, and writer whose research centers on the emotional ramifications of climate change. They serve as Assistant Professor of Instruction in studio art at the University of South Florida and are co-directors of Lease Agreement, an alternative curatorial project. Farcus lives and works in Tampa, Florida, on the unceded territories of the Miccosukee, Tocobaga, Seminole, and Mascogo nations.

This year’s collaboration reflects Eureka College’s commitment to interdisciplinary learning and community engagement, bringing together science, mathematics, and the arts to foster deeper dialogue around complex contemporary challenges.

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