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Art+History+Engagement

November 14, 2015 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm
Join us for our First Workshop featuring Yolanda Wisher
November 14, 2015

FIRST FAMILIES:
GEOCACHING & CREATIVE REFLECTION
with Yolanda Wisher

SAT 10a -12pm | Historic RittenhouseTown | 208 Lincoln Drive

(please enter from Wissahickon Avenue)
This workshop invites local families to actively explore the history and home of one of Germantown’s “first families” and to record their own family history through collaborative and creative exercises. Following a hunt for geocapsules holding historical details and inspiration, we will discuss the ways in which class and privilege can impact one’s ability to preserve family history. Participants will be encouraged to preserve a piece of their family’s Germantown story with a take-home time capsule that can be buried or hidden in their yard.  This workshop is free, participants must register.
Yolanda Wisher
Poet, vocalist, and educator Yolanda Wisher is a 2015 Pew Fellow, the author of Monk Eats an Afro, and the co-editor of Peace is a Haiku Song. Wisher was born in Germantown and raised in Montgomery County, PA, where she was named the first poet laureate in 1999. She returned to Germantown in 2000 to teach high school English and later founded and directed the Germantown Poetry Festival from 2006 to 2010. A former Director of Art Education for the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program, Wisher currently works as the Rhapsodist of Wherewithal for the U.S.Department of Arts and Culture.

 

Details

  • Date: November 14, 2015
  • Time:
    10:00 am - 12:00 pm

Organizer

  • Historic Germantown Freedom’s Backyard

Venue

  • Historic Rittenhouse Town
  • 208 Lincoln Drive
    Philadelphia, PA 19144 United States
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