THU · 7:00pm
In Conversation: Miatta Kawinzi with Chrislyn Laurore
Thursday, August 13 at Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts, Omaha
About
Hear from exhibiting artist Miatta Kawinzi and Haitian-American anthropologist Chrislyn Laurore, who will focus on diasporic identity, material memory, and how storytelling can function as an embodied archive.
What to expect
The conversation centers on Kawinzi’s work in Miatta Kawinzi: An Alphabet of Unfolding, a multi-gallery Bemis Center exhibition exploring hybridity, memory, and sustenance through mixed media, sculpture, video, and text. Kawinzi’s perspective as a Kenyan-Liberian-American artist meets Laurore’s research interests in public memory, African diaspora heritage, museums, monuments, and contemporary Black identities.
Why go
This program offers a deeper way into Kawinzi’s Omaha exhibition by pairing the artist’s reflections on cultural lineage and ecological interdependence with Laurore’s anthropological lens. For visitors interested in contemporary art, diaspora studies, material culture, or the role of storytelling in preserving lived experience, the discussion frames the exhibition as both artwork and archive.
Where
Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts · 724 S 12th St · Old Market, Omaha NEOpen in Maps