NEWBURGH–Artist and designer Angela Lian of Beacon will discuss the experiences, influences, and processes behind her artistic works on Thursday, November 14 at 4 p.m. in Mount Saint Mary College’s Aquinas Hall, room 122.

The talk, part of the college’s Communications, Arts and Digital Media (CADM) Speaker Series, is free and open to the public. The Mount is located at 330 Powell Ave., Newburgh.

Lian’s works range from conventional identities to illustration, printed matter, and video art. She is currently a graphic designer at BAGGU. Across her personal work, Lian combines dance and design.

Her work is currently on display at the Mount’s CMA Galley. The exhibition, “Moving Making Moving: Embodied Ecologies,” takes its title from the artist’s undergraduate thesis, which presented movement and chance as a framework for creation. This exhibition takes the concept a step further to become a performative contemplation space. Across her video artwork, Lian combines dance and design to imbue themes like memory, chronic pain, and loneliness with tenderness and play.

After the talk, attendees are invited to view the exhibition, which features video art pieces from 2021-2024, alongside “Scores for Dreaming,” a set of handwritten scores that pay homage to the relationships between the human and nonhuman consciousness of pain, memory, and ecology.

The gallery is located on the first floor of Aquinas Hall on campus. It’s open Monday through Friday during normal business hours, or by appointment, through Friday, December 6.

For more information, visit www.msmc.edu.