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Creative Conversations: Bridging Visual and Written Worlds

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Location: Main Library, St. Joseph County Public Library, 304 S. Main Street, South Bend + Raclin Murphy Museum

A mixed-media artwork hangs on a wall, suspended from a dark brown horizontal bar. The piece is rectangular and consists of small, rectangular strips of varying lengths, creating a pixelated effect. The strips are primarily tan and black, layered to reveal images of cosmic scenes like nebulae in red, orange, and blue hues. The fragmented arrangement of the strips adds depth and texture to the piece, giving it a woven or tapestry-like quality.
A mixed-media artwork hangs on a wall, suspended from a dark brown horizontal bar. The piece is rectangular and consists of small, rectangular strips of varying lengths, creating a pixelated effect. The strips are primarily tan and black, layered to reveal images of cosmic scenes like nebulae in red, orange, and blue hues. The fragmented arrangement of the strips adds depth and texture to the piece, giving it a woven or tapestry-like quality.
Clarissa Tossin (Brazilian,b.1973, lives and works in Los Angeles ), Future Geography: Tapestry of Blazing Starbirth, 2023, Used Amazon.com delivery boxes, archival inkjet print on photo paper with lamination,wood, 60 × 72 × 1.5 in., Courtesy of the artist and Galeria Luisa Strina, São Paulo. Photo: Brica Wilcox

The exhibition Clarissa Tossin: All That You Touch, You Change, at the Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, takes its title from the opening lines of Octavia Butler's Parable of the Sower. In this two-part program, we will examine how the novel's core ideas intersect with the visual language and concepts in the exhibition. We will collectively explore Butler's novel in the first session at the Main Library, and in the second session (Saturday, May 17, 2:00–3:00 p.m.), to be held at the Raclin Murphy Museum, we will consider how our literary findings can be seen and experienced in Tossin's exhibition. Come ready to explore the intersections of literature, art, and social change.

Register here.

Originally published at raclinmurphymuseum.nd.edu.