Sep 01 Monday
The exhibition, Yoko Ono: Passages and Wishes, will be on view at Westminster College’s Foster Art Gallery from Monday, September 1 through Friday, October 24. Curated by Kevin Concannon and John Noga, the exhibition invites visitors into a deeply personal and participatory experience with Ono’s powerful message of peace, imagination and action.
Kevin Concannon, Yoko Ono scholar and professor emeritus at Virginia Tech, will deliver a free public lecture at 5:30 pm. Thursday, September 4, in the Witherspoon Maple Room in McKelvey Campus Center. A gallery reception in the Foster Art Gallery will follow from 6:30 to 8:30 pm.
A central feature of the exhibition is the interactive, instructional work WISH TREE, where visitors are encouraged to write their personal wishes for peace on tags and hang them from the tree. At the close of the exhibition, these wishes will be returned to the artist and continue on in connection with Ono’s work, IMAGINE PEACE TOWER, in Reykjavik, Iceland.
The exhibition is free and open to the public.
Sep 02 Tuesday
Sep 03 Wednesday
Sep 04 Thursday
The Butler Institute of American Art presents Stroller Art, the first First Thursday of every month through November, 10:00 - 11:00 am. Join the Butler staff for an interactive gallery tour followed by an art activity! The program is intended for infants up to 24 months old with a parent or caregiver. This program encourages learning through art viewing and art making. More information at butlerart.com.
Sep 05 Friday
Sep 06 Saturday
Lit Youngstown presents Emancipation Day: African American History Tour, on Saturday, September 6, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm, at the Tyler History Center, in downtown Youngstown. This free event features historian Vince Shivers, special guests historian Sean Posey, genealogist Stacey Adger, and Civil War re-enactor Steffon Jones. Native Youngstown poet Cherise Benton will lend a contemporary voice to the event. This tour is organized by Lit Youngstown, Vince Shivers and the Tyler History Center, with support from the Raymond J. Wean Foundation and Sojourn to the Past.
Seating is limited to 100 participants.
Sep 07 Sunday
Sep 08 Monday