Photographer Stephen Strom and tribal leaders Eric Descheenie and Alfred Lomahquahu joined us at Gallery 4 in the Gilbert Museum for an informative conversation about the Bears Ears National Monument. Eric Descheenie and Alfred Lomahquahu played key roles in establishing the Bears Ears Inter-Tribal Coalition through a multi-year effort to have Bears Ears declared a national monument […]
While working as a janitor at a U.S. Customs and Border Patrol facility from 2003 – 2014, Kiefer witnessed first-hand the disposal of migrants’ personal belongings deemed “non-essential” by border agents during the first stages of processing. Kiefer began to look at the story of the passage and de-humanization of people coming into the U.S. […]
April 7 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm | Free 5:30-6:15 p.m. Community Writing Workshop (Ages 14+) RSVP to ehutchison@azhumanities.org Free 6:30-7:15 p.m. Poetry Reading and Q&A Free Join poet Josh Rathkamp for a community writing workshop at the acclaimed Art Intersection Gallery in downtown Gilbert, AZ. Inspired by The Dancing Devils of Yare photographic exhibition that […]
It was a privilege to have photographer Keron Psillas as our guest for the Loss and Beauty artist dinner on Sunday evening. Throughout the dinner we learned more about Keron, her vision for Loss and Beauty, and the journey she undertook to envision, create, and build the exhibition. From her book Loss and Beauty, she […]
On Saturday evening, in Gallery4, we celebrated the debut of the Loss and Beauty exhibition by Keron Psillas. Keron was here to talk about the project, the poetry, the images, and sign her book. Loss and Beauty: Creating Solace in a Land of Infinite Sorrow, is a collection of images about the nature of personal […]