Friends and colleagues of visual arts professor Susan Gold Smith are invited to celebrate her retirement at Fluxing Forward, Thursday, April 19, at Phog Lounge.

Gold Smith is a former director of the School of Visual Arts. Her art has been exhibited in world capitals from New York to London, Copenhagen to Berlin, and she has contributed as a curator to galleries, conferences, and international exhibitions. In 2010, she received an Arts Leadership Award from the Windsor Endowment for the Arts.

Thursday’s event will start with a ticketed portion from 7 to 10 p.m. and open to the public afterwards. For ticket information, contact Julie Sando at 519-253-3000, ext. 2829.

Phog Lounge is located at 157 University Avenue West in downtown Windsor.