Book Presentation by writer and artist LINDA NORTON
Organization:
Friends of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park
Category:
Cultural or Historical
Geographical Area:
Oakland
Start
Date:
2/20/2016
End Date:
2/20/2016
Start Time:
6:00 PM
End Time:
7:30 PM
Event
Info:
LINDA NORTON, writer and artist, will read from her book, THE PUBLIC GARDENS: POEMS AND HISTORY, and from new work she's made in connection with the project "Home and Away: Oakland, California Prisons, and the Geography of the Heart." She'll also give a slide presentation about photography and history on Saturday, February 20, 6-7:30 at Peralta Hacienda Historical Park's Center for History and Community, 2488 Coolidge Ave. The "Home and Away" project seeks to fill an informational (and an emotional) void by raising questions about the paradoxes of American history, ideas about freedom and equality, and the huge increase in the prison population in California in the past thirty years. Education is both a theme and a goal of the project. Norton, Peralta Hacienda ED Holly Alonso, and graphic artist Jeff Norman have developed an accompanying exhibit from oral histories and visual art created by Norton and community members in a series of residencies last summer. At the February 20 event, and beyond, visitors will be encouraged to add to the exhibit with art, commentary, questions, and poetry. Supplies provided, refreshments served.
Dialogue and Q and A will follow the presentation. The Home and Away exhibit is now showing in the site's historic house museum at 2465 34th Ave., 230-530 pm Wed through Saturday, and can be viewed before the reading on February 20.
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