The Center for Book Arts event Writing and Design in the Face of Hard Times, 5/4

[Image Description: A photograph of a man gesturing towards the viewer against a black background. On the left, a bolt of lightning strikes an open book, which in turn, is illuminated by it.]

Monday, May 4th, from 6:30pm to 8:00pm

Join writer/artist Warren Lehrer for Writing and Design in the Face of Hard Times. He'll be ruminating on making art in the face of adversity. He will show some inspiring examples of other artists, writers, makers of visual literature who practiced their craft under unthinkable conditions, then focus on examples of his own solo and collaborative works which explore the effects of trauma and hardship on individuals and communities. He’ll read and share excerpts from several of his books and multimedia projects that portray the vagaries and luminescence of character transformed by and in spite of war, displacement, discrimination, criminal injustice, mental illness and other obstacles. Lehrer’s work bridges humor and pathos, writing and picture-making, typography and performance, interior rumination and spoken word, the personal and the political, page and screen.  

You can register for this event here.

Read more about The Center for Book Arts organization, and their upcoming programs here.