“Jaroslav Malina: Crossing Paths in Painting and Design,” a symposium sponsored by the Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee Theatre Research Institute and the Department of Theatre, will be held Wednesday January 13 at 10:30 a.m. on the 11th floor of the Thompson Memorial Library, 1858 Neil Ave. Speakers include theatre scholars Dale Unruh and Dennis Cristelles, Czech designer Marketa Fantova, and Ed Valentine from the OSU Department of Art. OSU Professor Joe Brandesky, who has curated several exhibitions of Czech theatre design and led OSU study tours to the Czech Republic, will convene the symposium.

In conjunction with the symposium, the exhibit “Jaroslav Malina: Paintings and Designs” will be on display through January 15 at the Urban Arts Space, 50 W. Town St. Professor Brandesky, who curated the exhibit, will lead a guided talk on Tuesday, January 12, from 3:30-5:00 p.m.

All these events are free and open to the public.