Lunch & Learn with Guest Speaker / Artist: Jason Thing

Lunch & Learn is a free monthly in-person program, held the first Tuesday of the month, from 12 noon – 1:30 p.m. at Irving Arts Center.  Jason Thing will join us Tuesday, March 3 from noon to 1:30PM as our featured guest speaker.

Jason will discuss the exhibition, The Memory I Still Carry, an MFA Thesis Exhibition on view February 28-March 28, 2026 in the Focus Gallery at Irving Arts Center.

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Jason Phyo Thing is a ceramic artist and an MFA candidate at University of Dallas (Irving). This thesis exhibition is a reflection on the fragile boundary between memory and identity which connects what was lost and what endures. Each of the ceramic sculptures featured in the installation are envisioned as vessels of remembrance, shaped by the artist’s journey from Burma (Myanmar) through years of displacement to life in the United States. He was the Best of Show recipient in Irving Arts Center’s 2025 Art Connection Members Show.

About Lunch & Learn

Since 2014, this informal art education program for adults has provided fun and informative enrichment opportunities as well as a lively discussion forum for exploring current exhibitions at IAC and other art-related topics.

Irving Arts Center’s Lunch & Learn program is free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to bring a brown bag lunch or snack.

The 2025-2026 series runs from October 2024 through May 2025.

For more information, please contact Marcie Inman, Curator/ Director of Exhibitions & Educational Programs at minman@cityofirving.org or 972.252.7558, ext. 1225.