OLLAS Community Engagement Activities
Get involved with OLLAS and the community through many activities and events each year.
ArteLatinx Biennial Art Exhibition
This mission of ArteLatinX is to create a biennial art exhibition bringing together artists based or from the Great Plains, which include: Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota. ArteLatinX hopes to continue creating a space for artists whose work is often invisible and lack sufficient support to fully flourish. ArteLatinX addresses these challenges by developing and consolidating a new space to showcase the relevance of Latinx art and creating a dialogue between artists and their communities.
Cinemateca Biennial Film Series
Every other year, OLLAS partners with Film Streams to curate a Latino/Latin American bilingual film series with special screenings featuring pre-film cuisine and post-film talks. All films are open to the public and take place at the Ruth Sokolof Theater.
End of the Year Celebration
Our End of the Year Celebration is conducted at the end of every Spring Semester. We invite all our fall and spring graduates of that year as well as current students, faculty, staff, and alumni to celebrate their academic accomplishments. During this event, the Spring semester graduates also present the research that they have conducted throughout the semester.They educate those in attendance about their research findings and open their presentations to any questions that the invitees may have.
Cumbre: Latino/Latin American Summit of the Great Plains
OLLAS hosts Cumbre every few years to bring together scholars, community members, and students to provide a forum for discussing critical issues affecting Latinos and Latin America.
Community Forums
OLLAS hosts different forums and workshops in collaboration with community partners. These forums serve a variety of purposes ranging from workshops, open discussions, informational sessions, and educational presentations on issues relevant to today's environment.