How can narratives – visual, textual, and oral -- bridge divides between migrants and the communities in which they settle? Moving Stories in the Making: An Exhibition of Migration Narratives brings together the work of local and national artists who craft narratives of migration, and holds space for migrants and those affected by migration to tell their stories.

Rafael Soldi is a Peruvian-born artist and independent curator based in Seattle (unceded Indigenous land of the Coast Salish peoples). His practice centers on how queerness and masculinity intersect with larger topics of our time such as immigration, memory, and loss. Soldi's photographic portrait series, Entre Hermanos, is currently on display at The Luminary as part of the Moving Stories in the Making exhibition. Moving Stories is supported by a programmatic grant from the Incubator for Transdisciplinary Futures.

This event will bring together academics and practitioners to discuss public policy in the St. Louis Region. Objectives will include discussing public policy challenges and opportunities, introducing new tools for research and teaching, and facilitating research collaborations between academics and community partners, all with a focus on the St. Louis region.