Events
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Check here for art exhibitions, open studios, poetry readings and community events. To discuss a partnership, collaboration, or event, please contact Chelsea Herman at flightpathpress@gmail.com.
This exhibition began January 7th, 2024 with transcribed poems and text by four of the poets and writers who have been killed in Gaza since October 7th including:
Hiba Abu Nada (1991-2023)
Refaat Alareer (1979-2023)
Saleem Al-Naffar (1963-2023)
Nour al Din Hajjaj (1996-2023)
Text and images will be added to this exhibition on and ongoing basis at least until February 14th, 2024. Hopefully, the title of this exhibition will become obsolete before then.
CEASEFIRENOW Window Exhibition
This exhibition intends to amplify the global call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza by showcasing timely poems and the responsive visual language of artists who rely on poets for clarity, wonder, direction, insight, prophecy, beauty, truth, memory, and sagacity. It aims to promote conversation and thought around the questions: Which poets illuminate connections between ecocide and genocide? Which poems reveal how the crisis in Gaza connects to global issues and life outside of Gaza? What does our future look like beyond militarization? Which poets reflect for us the world we yearn for in the midst of this crisis?
To contribute a poem you have selected and/or your own original imagery that responds to a poem please contact flightpathpress@gmail.com.
Images that respond to the text already up in the window are welcome!
No to Coal; No to CO2 Pipelines Letter Signing Event
Free hand papermaking demos, a raffle, and light hors devours will be included. Attendees are invited to fill out brief comment cards provided by Iowa CCI opposing CO2 Pipelines and Coal Plants in Iowa. If you are interested in writing a longer letter expressing your opposition to Coal Plants and CO2 pipelines in Iowa, we'll have resources for that and lots of moral support on hand to help you get started! This event is free and open to the public
Friday August 11th 4pm-7pm
