Mariana Ortega, associate professor of philosophy and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Penn State University, will present Bucknell's annual Center for the Study of Race, Ethnicity & Gender and the Department of Women's & Gender Studies distinguished lecture on Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. in the Elaine Langone Center's Forum (Room 272). Ortega's free, public lecture -- entitled "To(o) Queer the Artist: An Aesthesis of Self-Making" -- will be followed by a reception in the ELC Center Room (256) in which her artwork will be on display.