IMAGINING WORK · 2019. 12. 31. · Mine Wars from the perspectives of those who lived and worked...
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THE HUMANITIES PROJECT A World of Ideas in Your Community The MWCC Humanities Project has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed during these activities do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. AA/EEO Institution | IP128-03 Rev:July16 FREE EVENTS Open to the general public For more information, visit mwcc.edu/humanitiesproject IMAGINING WORK OCTOBER 2016 Poetry Read-Aloud & Pizza Party | MWCC Library | 6–8PM Come read your favorite poem from Diane Gilliam Fisher’s award- winning book of poetry, Kettle Bottom, that explores the West Virginia Mine Wars from the perspectives of those who lived and worked in coal camps. Fundraiser Hike | Wachusett Mountain, Princeton | 10AM Hike a mountain and help raise money for the MWCC Humanities Project at the 3 rd Annual Hike for the Humanities. NOVEMBER 2016 Gallery Talk | MWCC East Wing Gallery | 12:30–1:30PM Tracie Pouliot, Founder of Chair City Community Art Center & Oral History Bookmaking Project, will discuss her handcrafted books that depict the experiences of people who made their living in Gardner’s furniture industry. Pouliot’s work will be on exhibit in the East Wing Gallery from October 17 through November 30. Film Screening | MWCC North Café | 12:30–2PM The PBS documentary, Grab a Hunk of Lightning, is about the life of photographer Dorothea Lange, whose Migrant Mother became one of the most iconic images of the 20 th century and whose life embodies the struggles of being an artist and a mother. Interactive Art Project | MWCC North Café | 11:30AM–2PM With the help of artist and art history professor Donalyn Schofield, participants will create replicas of Jacob Lawrence’s moving paintings that recall the Great Migration of African Americans from the south to the north during the early 20th century. DECEMBER 2016 Poetry & Prose Slam | MWCC North Café | 12:30–1:30PM Students will read original poetry and prose inspired by their personal work experiences as well as work in a broader philosophical, historical, and political context. FEBRUARY 2017 Lecture | Levi Heywood Memorial Library | 6:30–8PM “The Struggle for Just Wages as a Just Reward for Hard Labor: Women Mill Workers in Lowell, Massachusetts 1825–1860” with Professor Robert Forrant from UMass Lowell. MARCH 2017 Movie Marathon | Leominster Public Library | 11AM–5PM Pre-registration required: www.leominsterlibrary.org Enjoy two classic films about Depression-era work and workers - Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times and Sam Wood’s The Devil and Miss Jones - accompanied by a talk by Professor Joe Moser of Fitchburg State University. Co-sponsored by the Friends of the Leominster Library. Lunch included. Film Screening | MWCC North Café | 12:30–1:30PM Celebrate Women’s History Month by honoring WWII women defense plant workers in The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter, a film exploring racist and sexist propaganda during the war. APRIL 2017 Poetry Readings | MWCC North Café | 12:30–1:30PM AND Athol Public Library | 6:30–8PM Poet Diane Gilliam Fisher will read from Kettle Bottom, her award-winning book of poetry that explores the West Virginia Mine Wars from the perspectives of those who lived and worked in the coal camps. 20 THU 07 WED 04 SAT 06 THU 29 WED 16 THU 29 SAT 07 MON 09 WED 28 MON Imagining Work explores the many ways artists, writers, and photographers have expressed the changing nature of work over the past century and a half – from farm to factory in the 19th century; gainful employment to unemployment during the Great Depression; home to defense plant during World War II; a manufacturing economy to our present knowledge economy; as well as the effects of automation, globalization, immigration, war, and race on the identity of the American worker. Our investigation will focus special attention on pictures and poems: the photographs of Dorothea Lange, the paintings of Jacob Lawrence, and Diane Gilliam Fisher’s award-winning book of poetry Kettle Bottom that depicts the West Virginia Mine Wars. “New Deal” WPA art, Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, Trenton, New Jersey. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, photograph by Carol M. Highsmith [reproduction number, e.g., LC-USZ62-123456]
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THE HUMANITIES PROJECTA World of Ideas in Your Community
The MWCC Humanities Project has been made possible in part by a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Any views, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed during these activities do not necessarily represent those of the National Endowment for the Humanities. AA/EEO Institution | IP128-03 Rev:July16
FREE EVENTS Open to the general public
For more information, visit mwcc.edu/humanitiesproject
IMAGINING WORK
OCTOBER 2016Poetry Read-Aloud & Pizza Party | MWCC Library | 6–8pm
Come read your favorite poem from Diane Gilliam Fisher’s award-winning book of poetry, Kettle Bottom, that explores the West Virginia Mine Wars from the perspectives of those who lived and worked in coal camps.
Fundraiser Hike | Wachusett Mountain, Princeton | 10am
Hike a mountain and help raise money for the MWCC Humanities Project at the 3rd Annual Hike for the Humanities.
NOVEMBER 2016Gallery Talk | MWCC East Wing Gallery | 12:30–1:30pm
Tracie Pouliot, Founder of Chair City Community Art Center & Oral History Bookmaking Project, will discuss her handcrafted books that depict the experiences of people who made their living in Gardner’s furniture industry. Pouliot’s work will be on exhibit in the East Wing Gallery from October 17 through November 30.
Film Screening | MWCC North Café | 12:30–2pm
The PBS documentary, Grab a Hunk of Lightning, is about the life of photographer Dorothea Lange, whose Migrant Mother became one of the most iconic images of the 20th century and whose life embodies the struggles of being an artist and a mother.
Interactive Art Project | MWCC North Café | 11:30am–2pm
With the help of artist and art history professor Donalyn Schofield, participants will create replicas of Jacob Lawrence’s moving paintings that recall the Great Migration of African Americans from the south to the north during the early 20th century.
DECEMBER 2016Poetry & Prose Slam | MWCC North Café | 12:30–1:30pm
Students will read original poetry and prose inspired by their personal work experiences as well as work in a broader philosophical, historical, and political context.
FEBRUARY 2017Lecture | Levi Heywood Memorial Library | 6:30–8pm
“The Struggle for Just Wages as a Just Reward for Hard Labor: Women Mill Workers in Lowell, Massachusetts 1825–1860” with Professor Robert Forrant from UMass Lowell.
MARCH 2017Movie Marathon | Leominster Public Library | 11am–5pm
Pre-registration required: www.leominsterlibrary.orgEnjoy two classic films about Depression-era work and workers - Charlie Chaplin’s Modern Times and Sam Wood’s The Devil and Miss Jones - accompanied by a talk by Professor Joe Moser of Fitchburg State University. Co-sponsored by the Friends of the Leominster Library. Lunch included.
Film Screening | MWCC North Café | 12:30–1:30pm
Celebrate Women’s History Month by honoring WWII women defense plant workers in The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter, a film exploring racist and sexist propaganda during the war.
APRIL 2017Poetry Readings | MWCC North Café | 12:30–1:30pm
AND Athol Public Library | 6:30–8pm
Poet Diane Gilliam Fisher will read from Kettle Bottom, her award-winning book of poetry that explores the West Virginia Mine Wars from the perspectives of those who lived and worked in the coal camps.
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Imagining Work explores the many ways artists, writers, and photographers have expressed the changing nature of work over the past century and a half – from farm to factory in the 19th century; gainful employment to unemployment during the Great Depression; home to defense plant during World War II; a manufacturing economy to our present knowledge economy; as well as the effects of automation, globalization, immigration, war, and race on the identity of the American worker. Our investigation will focus special attention on pictures and poems: the photographs of Dorothea Lange, the paintings of Jacob Lawrence, and Diane Gilliam Fisher’s award-winning book of poetry Kettle Bottom that depicts the West Virginia Mine Wars.
“New Deal” WPA art, Clarkson S. Fisher Federal Building & U.S. Courthouse, Trenton, New Jersey. Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, photograph by Carol M. Highsmith [reproduction number, e.g., LC-USZ62-123456]
