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SUMMARY:Author Spotlight | Karen Bermann
DESCRIPTION:LIVE and In Person at\nFIFTH STREET WRITERS\n612 5th St.\, AMES\, IA\nThursday\, November 20\, 6:30 PM\nBooks for Sale & Author Signing \nA vividly illustrated family memoir told in two voices\, father and daughter\, The Art of Being a Stranger explores the impact of displacement and historical memory across generations. \nKaren Bermann is professor emerita of architecture at Iowa State University. She worked on sweat equity rehabilitation in her native New York and taught first-year design in Ames and fourth-year design in Rome\, where she now lives. \nOn Exhibit & Meet the Author/Artist:\nDrawings from The Art of Being a Stranger\nThursday\, Nov 20: 6:30 PM\nFriday Nov 21 10:30 AM to Noon and 1 to 6:30 PM\nSaturday Nov 22: 1:30 to 6:30 PM
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LOCATION:Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, 50010\, United States
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ORGANIZER;CN="Ames Writers Collective in Partnership with KHOI Community Radio":MAILTO:info@ameswriterscollective.org
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SUMMARY:Portraits of Stones w/ Karen Bermann & Claire Kruesel
DESCRIPTION:Portraits of Stones – a drawing & writing workshop\nSaturday Nov 22: 1:30 to 6:30 PM\nDrop in anytime Saturday for drawing\, writing\, and chatting with two creatives. Art materials provided for watercolor & drawing as well as stones. Objects will be used to inspire short bursts of writing. Feel free to bring your own objects for inspiration and/or drawing/writing materials. Or just stop by to view Karen’s artwork on display. \n \nKaren Bermann is the author of The Art of Being a Stranger. She has a daily practice of watercolor drawing and naming the stones in her courtyard where she resides in Rome\, Italy. \nScreenshot\nClaire Kruesel\, a resident of Ames\, is a poet and longtime creative collaborator with Karen. She writes object biographies and teaches writing.
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LOCATION:Fifth Street Writers\, 612 5th Street\, Ames\, 50010\, United States
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