About this Event
Otterbein’s Frank Museum of Art & Galleries, in collaboration with the Humanities Advisory Committee and the Integrative Studies Program, welcome Dr. Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of the acclaimed bestseller Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants.
Public Talk: The Grammar of Animacy
Date: Wednesday, March 29, 2023
Time: 5p – 6:45p
Location: Riley Auditorium, Battelle Fine Arts Center, 170 W. Park Street, Westerville, OH
For more about Robin Wall Kimmerer, related resources, and Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK), visit here.
This free public lecture will be followed by a conversation between Dr. Kimmerer and interdisciplinary artists Cadine Navarro and Brian Harnetty, whose 2021-22 Otterbein exhibitions, It Sounds Like Love and Common Ground: Listening to Appalachian Ohio, involved deep listening to the natural world and, in some cases, have been informed by themes in Braiding Sweetgrass. The panel will be moderated by Dr. Janice Glowski, curator of the exhibitions and Director of The Frank Museum of Art & Galleries at Otterbein.
RECEPTION and BOOK SIGNING (co-sponsored by Birdie Books) will follow the public presentation.
7p Fisher Gallery, Roush Hall, 37 S. Grove Street
Pre-orders of Braiding Sweetgrass or Gathering Moss: A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses (2003) through Birdie Books are encouraged. Some copies will be available for purchase on site.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Battelle Fine Arts Center, 170 West Park Street, Westerville, United States
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