Gallery Reception and Spoken-Word Poetry Performance Tonight from 5-8:30pm
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This is a reminder to visit Light Work tonight, Thursday, April 9, from 5:30-8pm, for a spoken-word poetry performance by Verbal Blend and gallery reception. This event will celebrate our current exhibitions, Limbo, featuring the work of Admas Habteslasie; As it Happens: Artists-in-Residence at Light Work; and Artist Showcase: Images by Jane Walker.
The images from the Limbo exhibition depict a graceful yet unusually honest and insightful snapshot of Eritrea, an East African country suspended in an unsettled state between war and peace.
 The event will begin with a spoken-word poetry performance by Verbal Blend, featuring Aaron Hudson, Celena Corley, Ousman Diallo, Chiderah Monde, Cedric Bolton, Tandameshia Hastings, Josh Frackleton, Ashley Marshall, Christopher Alexander, Tiffany Viruet, Jason Adams, Kar-Lai Leung, Seneca Wilson, and Christopher Lee. The performance will be followed by a question and answer session with Habteslasie, and a gallery reception. Verbal Blend is a spoken-word poetry program sponsored by Syracuse University's Office of Multicultural Affairs, designed to enhance participants' confidence in writing and performing original poems. The program is comprised of a five-week workshop series on poetry forms and formats, journal entry, and peer-reviews. Participants get the opportunity to showcase their work at public venues such as open mic nights. For this event, a group of SU students, high school students, and community members have prepared spoken-word performances in response to Habteslasie's images.
Also on view at this time is As it Happens: Artists-in-Residence at Light Work. This exhibition, curated by Syracuse University museum studies graduate student Josh Brilliant, features work by participants in Light Work's Artist-in-Residence program. The exhibition celebrates Light Work's commitment to supporting emerging and under-recognized artists by featuring work that has been donated to the Light Work Collection by participants in the program. Artists included in this exhibition include Kelli Connell, Cristina Fraire, Tony Gleaton, Suzanne Mejean, Peggy Nolan, Christine Osinski, and Amy Stein. In addition, Artist Showcase: Images by Jane Walker is on view in the Community Darkrooms Gallery.
[Image by Admas Habteslasie - Family gifts]
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