Join the Center for Native Futures on October 22 for a poetry reading in partnership with the Terrain Biennial 2023: Mycelium Connection, led by Stevie Imuakalani Cisneros Hanley and Stephanie Graham.
Featured Native American poets Mark Turcotte (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa), Elise Paschen (Osage Nation), River Ian Kerstetter (Oneida Nation), Dominique Daye Hunter (Yésah & Nansemond), and Aaron Golding (Seneca Nation, Beaver Clan) will RE/FUTURE the Verse.
Aaron Golding is an enrolled member of the Seneca Nation, Beaver Clan (pictured to the far right).
Aaron’s writing centers on stories of Native Peoples reconnecting with their culture and identity, which mirrors his experiences. He hopes to add to the diversity of Native stories by highlighting the impacts genocide has on families and communities. He’s particularly interested in the resiliency of urban Native communities. He currently lives in Chicago with his wife, two children, and three cats.
This event is free and open to the public. There will be ASL interpretation and a free reception.
Terrain Biennial is a grassroots public art festival that brings artists and neighbors together to put public art on the front lawns (and porches, windows, and rooftops, too!) of neighborhoods across the world. This year, artists responded to the theme mycelium connection to honor and expand Terrain’s mission of making unexpected, yet vital human and environmental connections. Mycelium is a thriving underground network of fungal threads, vital to many natural ecosystems. Despite its enormous geographical span, it remains invisible to most, subversively springing up from cracks and shadows. We ask ourselves, who and what has been overlooked, and why?
Center for Native Futures is a dynamic contemporary art space dedicated to Native artists. Located in the Marquette Building, Center for Native Futures serves as Chicago’s only all-Native artist-operated fine arts organization.
Advanced registration is strongly encouraged. Doors will open at 1pm and performances will start at 2pm. Food and drink available throughout. The Center for Native Futures is located at 56 West Adams Street, Chicago, Illinois.
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