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Sun, Nov 17, 2024 12:00pm–1:45pm

Silver Linings Book Club: Hosted by the UMMA Student Advisory Board

Two individuals viewing artworks in a gallery, with one painting visible on the wall featuring bold, abstract colors. One person is pointing at the piece of art.
Photo by Neil Kagerer
Sun, Nov 17, 2024
12:00pm–1:45pm
A. Alfred Taubman Gallery I

Join the UMMA Student Advisory Board in discussing a selection of books from a reading list created by julia elizabeth neal, guest curator of UMMA’s Silver Linings.

Over coffee, tea, and pastries, explore ideas from “Parable of the Sower” by Octavia Butler, “The Skin I’m In” by Sharon Flake, “How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective” by Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, “Sisters of the Yam: Black Women and Self-Recovery” by bell hooks. Come having read one, none, or all four. Find new meaning in the exhibition and connect the literature to the media. 

Free and open to the public.

Photo by Neil Kagerer

UMMA's Student Advisory Board

Meet the students who help shape UMMA.