Special Presentation #4: Otherness of Immigrants

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6 Tressler Boulevard Buffalo Valley Lutheran Village Lewisburg, PA 17837 United States
The Buffalo Valley Lutheran Village Commons
Tuesday, December 2, 2025 (one day)
3:30 PM-4:45 PM on Tue
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Special Presentation #4: Otherness of Immigrants

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A BILL Tea & Talk:  Otherness of Immigrants

By Tulu Bayar, Bucknell University

This presentation explores immigrant identity and belonging through Mosaic Project, a collaborative art initiative involving recent immigrants who share personal photos, cultural artifacts, and stories through workshops. Using sustainable citrus image transfers, their contributions are transformed into a hand-bound artist book—an intimate archive of migration, memory, and resilience. As an immigrant artist, Bayar reflects on how the project challenges the notion of “otherness” by centering lived experiences and asking, What does home mean to you? Through tactile storytelling and collective authorship, Mosaic Project reframes immigrant narratives as integral to the American experience, inviting viewers to recognize themselves in the mosaic of shared humanity.

Professor Tulu Bayar teaches in Bucknell's Department of Art and Art History.  “Her work is particularly relevant in today's global climate, where issues of identity, immigration and cultural hybridity are at the forefront of societal discourse” (https://www.bucknell.edu/news/bucknells-bayar-explores-immigrant-otherness-new-istanbul-exhibit-0, 2024).

  • BILL Special Presentations are free and open to the public; no membership is required. These programs can provide an introduction to BILL, so please, join us. Special Presentations explore a range of topics with distinguished presenters.

    This fall, all four Special Presentations have been scheduled at the Buffalo Valley Lutheran Village Commons, 6 Tressler Blvd., Lewisburg. Tea & Talk presentations begin at 3:30 p.m. Registered attendees may arrive as early as 3 p.m. to enjoy light refreshments and social time before the program begins. 

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