The CMS Borders Resea rch Group is very pleased to announce a walking tour of the Xicanx exhi bition at MOA by poet\, artist and curator Greta de Léon\, to be followed b y a one of a kind conversation between her and curator Jill Baird on the po tency and poignancy of poetry in the borderlands. We look forward to an aft ernoon of thinking through and with poetry\, as we talk about our experienc es of dwelling amidst borders. We invite all to be a part of these multimod al\, multimedia and multidisciplinary approach to discussing pasts\, presen ts and futures of borders. The walk will be preceded by light lunch\, avail able upon registration.
Greta de Léon is the Executi ve Director of the Americas Research Network where she has spent over 22 ye ars working extensively on issues of the Mexico-North and designing multi-d isciplinary research projects and a series of scholarly symposia\, conferen ces\, and workshops as well as exhibitions\, concerts\, and other public ev ents oriented to a general public. She also developed the U.S.-Mexico Trans nationalism Fellowship Program and served as the Assistant Director of the Palace of Fine Arts of Mexico’s National Institute of Fine Arts in Mexico C ity\, as well as the Assistant Director of the Mexican Cultural Institute i n San Antonio\, Texas. She is also the co-curator of the Xicanx exhibition at the Museum of Anthropology\, Vancouver.
Jill Baird is the curator of education at the museum\, responsible for the design\, development\, delivery and evaluation of cultural education programming\, w orking alongside artists\, cultural practitioners and cultural educators fr om diverse and distinct communities.
The event is open to everyone\, but registration is required.
Following
is a list of poems curated by Greta de Léon herself\, to serve as a precede
nt to the discussion. Attendees are encouraged to read at least 4 of the fo
llowing dozen poems in preparation for the event:
Greta de Leon - No Zone: Po
etry of the Border Lands
You can get in touch with Mahashewta Bha ttacharya at mahash25@mail.ubc.ca if you have any questions.
Registration:
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