Miatta Kawinzi, lê thi diem thúy, Sahar Muradi + Laimah Osman
Curated by Amy Halliday and Jocelyn Edens
June 1October 1, 2017

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Public reception June 1, 2017, 5-8pm as part of Amherst Arts Night Plus
Div IV reception June 2, 2017, 5-6.30pm am part of Div IV alumni weekend
Curatorial Tour July 6, August 3 and September 7, 2017, 6pm (with 5-8pm opening hours) as part of Amherst Arts Night Plus
Artist-Poets’ Performance & Panel Discussion September 15, 2017, 5-6.30pm as part of the 5th Annual Amherst Poetry Festival

Of Soil and Tongues unfolded from an invitation to participants to install poetry in three-dimensional space, considering the transmission of their work as a heard, performed, read, graphic, and embodied medium. Three artist-poets/collaborativesMiatta Kawinzi, lê thi diem thúy, and Sahar Muradi + Laimah Osmanchart paths through language and place in the new multimedia installations developed specially for the exhibition.

Presented through the summer, the exhibition will culminate in a range of events, readings and workshops as part of the 5th annual Amherst Poetry Festival in September, organized by the The Emily Dickinson Museum.

 

Curatorial Tour, Amherst Arts Night Plus

HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE ART GALLERY
August 3, 2017, 5-8pm

Summer evening hours and curatorial tour, as part of Amherst Arts Night Plus.

See/hear/read/experience our summer exhibition ‘Of Soil and Tongues’ – an invitation to three poets/writers to develop their work in three dimensions. The Gallery will host evening opening hours (5-8pm) as part of Amherst Arts Night Plus, with a curatorial tour by Jocelyn Edens at 6pm.

Artists’ Performance & Panel Discussion

HAMPSHIRE COLLEGE ART GALLERY
September 15, 2017, 5-6.30 pm

Miatta Kawinzi, lê thi diem thúy, Sahar Muradi + Laimah Osman

The poet-artists in Of Soil and Tongues discuss and perform elements of their work and the experience of expanding their practice into the Gallery, as part of the 5th Annual Amherst Poetry Festival.

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