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Laurie Wohl: Birds of Longing: Exile and Memory

Presented by CSB/SJU Fine Arts Series at CSB Benedicta Arts Center - Gorecki Gallery, St. Joseph Minnesota

Aug 27 2018
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Oct 28 2018
Laurie Wohl: Birds of Longing: Exile and Memory

Laurie Wohl is an internationally known fiber artist whose unique Unweaving® convey spiritual narratives through form, color, texture and calligraphy. Her works are held in the collections of the Museum of Arts and Design, Constitutional Court of Sou

This exhibit of Laurie Wohl’s stunningly beautiful “Unweavings,” as she calls her fiber art pieces, interweaves Christian, Jewish and Muslim spiritual writings from the Convivencia in Spain (8th-15th centuries) with contemporary Middle Eastern poetry, particularly Palestinian and Israeli.  Wohl emphasizes the striking parallels between Arabic and Hebrew texts, with the common themes of love, exile, nostalgia, mistrust of enemies and yearning for reconciliation.

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Daily: 10 a.m. – 9 p.m.
Sundays: noon – 9 p.m.

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CSB Benedicta Arts Center - Gorecki Gallery

37 South College Avenue , St. Joseph, Minnesota 56374

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