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JOURNEY(S): A screening and discussion with Saaret E. Yoseph

A NEA Big Read event with Sandy Spring Museum

Multidisciplinary artist Saaret E. Yoseph blends genre and form to explore identity, art and memory across the African diaspora.

Multidisciplinary artist Saaret E. Yoseph blends genre and form to explore identity, art and memory across the African diaspora. Her visual "docupoem" JOURNEY(S): addis to dc combines oral history, animation, archival imagery and original poetry to examine the complex meaning of "home." Inspired by poet Ntozake Shange's innovative choreopoem for colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf, Yoseph's landmark project honors the migration experiences of Black transnational women. Following the screening of JOURNEY(S), Yoseph will moderate a Q&A with fellow artists and collaborators, as they reflect on the project themes and its connection to Yaa Gyasi's Homegoing.

Registration is recommended. Seating is not guaranteed after 1:00pm.  

This program is a part of NEA Big Read with Sandy Spring Museum.

NEA Big Read is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.  

Sandy Spring Museum is participating in the NEA Big Read in collaboration with Montgomery County Public Libraries, Olive Branch Community Church, and MoCo Underground Writers Showcase.

Questions about this program? Contact the Gaithersburg Library at: 240-773-9490

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