Minting Futures: Imagining A New Currency

Event location: Arts & Crafts Space, basement of Worner Campus Center

What if we could design a coin for a future where nations, regions, or communities reclaim their autonomy—or invent new ways to represent themselves? In this hands-on workshop with Kris Rumman, participants will explore the power of national imagery and collective identity through the lens of speculative imagination. Using collage techniques, we’ll cut, layer, and compose visuals for hypothetical coins that reflect the values, symbols, and aspirations of a people, place, or imagined community. Together, we’ll question: Who would use this currency? What stories should it tell? And how can we create designs that embody representation and pride for a shared future? Let’s mint possibilities and give form to the currencies of tomorrow! This event is free and open to the public.

Kris Rumman is a Palestinian-American artist whose work with glass spans sculpture, performance, and installations. Herpractice, rooted in a diasporic perspective, uses the lens as a conceptual framework to explore “double vision,” challenging dominant narratives and exposing their complexities. Rumman’s work engages themes of home, impermanence, precarity, and surveillance.

Organized by Colorado College AIMES, History Department, Arts & Crafts, and the Fine Arts Center. Sponsored by the Colorado College Cultural Attractions Fund, Office of the Dean of the Faculty, History Department, and NEH Professorship.