Artist Jim Mangan will discuss his photographic series "The Crick" in the Russell/ Wanlass performance hall on the USU Logan campus on Friday, April 9th at 5:30, with a reception to follow.

5:30 - 6:30 Wanlass/Russell Performance Hall

6:30 - 7:30 Reception at NEHMA

Artist Jim Mangan will discuss The Crick, his photographic series documenting FLDS young men along the Utah-Arizona border town of Short Creek, followed by a conversation with writer Judith Freeman and Short Creek community member Roman Bateman about how Mangan’s photography and Freeman’s written storytelling illuminate both realities and imagined stories of this marginalized part of the contemporary American West.

Panel Discussion:

Jim Mangan, Photographer

Roman Bateman, Community Member of Short Creek, former FLDS community

Judith Freeman, American novelist, focused on Western and Mormon themes

Moderated by Danielle Stewart, Curator & Head of Academic Initiatives, NEHMA