‘Girl who Raised Pigeons’ open tomorrow at Main Library. We are all invited.
October 9 – December 18, 2008
Main Library, Auditorium, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami – 305-375-2665
Reception and kick-off event for HEAL: A Place to Call Home
Thursday, October 9, 6 – 8:30p.m.
Gary L. Moore, Detail, Into the colors and sounds of the city’s morning, 2008, colored pencil on paper.
Courtesy of the artist.
This exhibition’s title comes from a short story with the same name by Edward P. Jones, author of The Known World. In the story, the relationship between a father and daughter, living in 1960’s Washington D.C., changes as a nearby railroad company buys up property and the neighborhood around them disappears. The story’s themes and images appear in the work: family, loss, displacement, community vigilance, changing landscapes. The show includes photography, drawing, and painting by Gary L. Moore, Kathleen Hudspeth, Ryan Holloway, Adler Guerrier, David Rohn, Vanessa Tomchik, Karla Turcios, Bayunga Kialeuka, and others. Curated by Library Curator Denise Delgado.
HEAL: A Place to Call Home in collaboration with Rhythmic Rapture
HEAL: A Place to Call Home is an arts-intervention program, initiated by arts group Rhythmic Rapture, which uses the arts to facilitate personal transformation for displaced and homeless populations.
The Library System has collaborated with Rhythmic Rapture to present the following series of programs to raise awareness and provoke discussion of the economic, health, cultural, and policy issues that contribute to homelessness and housing problems. The Girl Who Raised Pigeons is part of this program series.
Immigration and Home
A film screening is followed by a discussion of homelessness through the lens of immigration and the struggle to find work, housing, and community far from home.
Saturday, October 18, 1:00-3:00pm
Main Library, Auditorium, 101 West Flagler Street, Miami – 305-2665
The Economy of Home
Through a film screening and discussion, we take a look at how business, housing, and other economic factors contribute to homelessness.
Wednesday, November 19, 6:30 – 8:30pm
Miami Beach Regional, 227 22nd Street, Miami Beach – 305-535-4219
Homelessness and Mental Illness
A workshop in collaboration with the community artists of Rhythmic Rapture about the very real link between mental illness and homelessness.
Saturday, December 13, 2:00 – 4:00pm
Culmer/Overtown, 350 NW 13 Street, Miami – 305-579-5322
For more information about fall exhibitions and related programs at Main Library, check out http://mdpls.org/news/exhibitions/exhibitions.asp.
