CE Opportunity - Elizabeth River Project - Opening of "Edge Effect" Exhibit at Ryan Resilience Lab (Norfolk)
Event description
Thu, Jan 30, 5pm - 7pm EST Ryan Resilience Lab
The Elizabeth River Project invites you to the opening reception of "Edge Effect," a unique exhibit exploring shorelines of the Elizabeth by Norfolk's JJJJJerome Ellis.
A multi-media artist who stutters, Ellis has exhibited from Venice to New York and was featured in the 2024 Whitney Biennial as well as 2024 Tate Modern and the 2023 Venice Biennial.
His wife, Luísa Black Ellis, is a poet, ecologist and our Director of Resilience. In a sense, the exhibit celebrates the intersection of their work. His photos explore wetlands as an "edge" between land and water ecosystems, similar to the way "the stutter restores a living shoreline between silence and speech," JJJJJerome says.
The evening will include a meet-and-greet with the artist, a brief talk about their inspiration and process, special poetry readings from Poet Laureate of Virginia (Emerita) Luisa A. Igloria from Dear Human at the Edge of Time: Poems on Climate Change in the United States, and light refreshments.
Arrive early for an optional tour of the Ryan Resilience Lab at 4:00pm
All are welcome – Suggested minimum donation $10 per attendee to support a healthy Elizabeth River though not required in our commitment to providing equitable access to our river-related programming.
To register: https://events.humanitix.com/opening-of-edge-effect/tickets?hxchl=amk-eml-hfn&hxref=1-0-0
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