BIMA: Art Speaks Festival June 1-7 2020

Join us for a week-long online festival celebrating the realtionship between words and art!

With panels and lectures, performances and readings, daily art projects and even a virtual workshop, there is truly something for everyone to enjoy in this festival from the comfort of their own homes.

THROUGHOUT THE WEEK
Evening Events – Explore how art and words collide with guest artists and community partners throughout the week.
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Mon-Fri & Sun, 7pm on varying platforms

Virtual Workshop – Stretch your creative museums with an at-home workshop via Zoom.
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Sun, June 7, 7pm on Zoom

Art in Action videos – Get creative with at-home art activities exploring the ways that art speaks, through text and images.
Mon-Fri, 10am on our blog, Facebook, and YouTube

Lunchtime Story – Take a break with us and some of our favorite children’s authors from around the region for a lunchtime story reading.
Mon-Fri, 12pm on our blog, Facebook, and YouTube

Open Book Tour – Kick off your weekend with an Open Book Tour from our archive of past presentations.
Sat, 11am on our Facebook and YouTube

AND MORE! Stay tuned to our website and social media networks to check out all the happenings throughout the week of June 1-7.

EVENT LINEUP

PERFORMANCE
Data Dance Derivations:
Experiments with Vis-à-Vis Society

Tues, June 2, 7pm | Zoom
Free, registration required

Join Rachel Kessler and Sierra Nelson, founders of the innovative poetry-science collaborative Vis-à-Vis Society, as they share excerpts of their previous multimedia literary work and process, and perform a live collaborative experiment of embodiment with those in attendance.

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PANEL
Hand in Hand:
Collaboration in Fiber and Poetry

Wed, June 3, 7pm | Zoom
Free, registration required

Fiber 2020 artist Maura Donegan and poet, performer, and playwright Daemond Arrindell explore the intersections between poet and artist through their collaborative artwork.

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READING
Legends of the North Cascades
Reading with Jonathan Evison

Thur, June 4, 7pm | Facebook
Free, NO registration required

Local author Jonathan Evison reads from forthcoming novel The Legends of the North Cascades. This event will be streamed on our Facebook page.

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ACTIVITY
Looking Together

Fri, June 5, 7pm | Zoom
Free, registration required

Grab a partner, your favorite beverage, and tune in to this live Zoom to be guided in looking and talking about a piece of art from home.

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Image: Anna Teiche, Corner Study, 2018, oil on canvas, 40”h x 38”w, Gendreau Family Collection

WORKSHOP
Poem Printing @ Home with Lynda Sherman

Sun, June 7, 11am-12pm | Zoom
$12 member / $15 non-member

Using writing prompts to generate words as inspiration and supplies from around the home for process, work along with Lynda Sherman to develop easily accessible tools and techniques for jump-starting your printing practice.

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PANEL
Talking About Making:
Words and Artists of Fiber 2020

Sun, June 7, 7pm | Zoom
Free, registration required

Fiber 2020 artists who use words in their art including Lou Cabeen, Sheila Klein, Helga Winter moderated by Kristin Tollefson.

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MORE HAPPENINGS
ACTIVITIES
Art in Action Videos
Mon-Fri, June 1-5, 10am
Facebook & YouTube

Get creative with a new at-home art activity each weekday exploring the ways that art speaks, through text and images.See past Art in Actions!

READING
Lunchtime Stories
Mon-Fri, June 1-5, 12pm
Facebook

Join children’s book illustrators for a lunchtime story break streamed on our Facebook page. Featured artists include:

Jenn Mann
Richard Jesse Watson
Jessixa Bagley
Julie Paschkis
Nikki McClure

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BOOK ARTS
Open Book Tour Archive
Sat, June 6, 11am
Facebook & YouTube

Kick off your weekend with an Open Book Tour from our archive of past presentations.

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