Ensuring the legacy of Theresa-India Young, New England fiber artist

Jackie McRath, NEPC poet, is raising money to administer the 2021 Invitational Theresa-India Young Show at the Piano Gallery and to complete a documentary of her life and work (more information below).

Please consider making a donation if you’re able, and please share the fundraiser (and information about Theresa) with others who might be interested.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-create-theresa039s-legacy?fbclid=IwAR3RtbZF0fOOcre8oQfVajrxD2nuc-aVJ__Fj8Y_gSe6iF0nQXo-LWK1P8o

Theresa-India Young (1950-2008), fiber artist, teacher, and griot devoted her professional life to studying world cultures, nature and the practices of European tapestry, Ikat, Kente, Backstrap, and Navaho weaving.  She taught these diverse cultural and artistic skills at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston for twenty years.  Prior to her appointment at the MFA, she taught costume/textile design at the Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts and Roxbury Community College. 

Sunday, June 21st, 3 pm the annual Student Contest Poetry Reading

Join us this Sunday, June 21st, 3 pm, for the Student Contest Poetry Reading, with winners from local schools, grades 3-12, and this year’s Victor Howes Prize in Poetry winner, Jessica Chretien, recent graduate of Plymouth State University; you can find her @infuturereverse on Twitter, and on Instagram @absolutelynthng

Please register in advance using this link: https://bit.ly/studentpoetry2020

Summer Poetry Festival!

Please join us for these virtual readings! Free and open to the public.

Easy registration:

July 12, 3 pm
Poet Wrestling in the Land of a Thousand Dances: Rosebud Ben-Oni
https://bit.ly/rosebud-ben-oni

July 26, 3 pm  
Spirit Boxing: Afaa Michael Weaver
https://bit.ly/afaa-michael-weaver
 
August 9, 3 pm
Poetry in Translation: Maria Luisa Arroyo and Peter Covino
https://bit.ly/poetry-in-translation

https://bit.ly/afaa-michael-weaver