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Reading: Darger/Melville

The American Folk Art Museum presents a reading in conjunction with its exhibition Compass: Folk Art in Four Directions at the South Street Seaport Museum.

Speakers: Kevin Miller (curator/educator), and Nicole Haroutunian (writer/educator)

The words of 19th-century New York City writer Herman Melville and 20th-century Chicago artist Henry Darger, both icons in their own right, come alive for a literary mash-up! Join curator/educator Kevin Miller and writer/educator Nicole Haroutunian for a special reading of excerpts from Darger’s weather journals and passages from Meville’s Moby-Dick. Miller and Haroutunian will explore the role weather played for each of these cultural figures and their work.

This event is presented in partnership with the American Folk Art Museum.











When: Wed., Aug. 22, 2012 at 7:30 pm
Where: South Street Seaport Museum
12 Fulton St.
212-748-8600
Price: Free
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The American Folk Art Museum presents a reading in conjunction with its exhibition Compass: Folk Art in Four Directions at the South Street Seaport Museum.

Speakers: Kevin Miller (curator/educator), and Nicole Haroutunian (writer/educator)

The words of 19th-century New York City writer Herman Melville and 20th-century Chicago artist Henry Darger, both icons in their own right, come alive for a literary mash-up! Join curator/educator Kevin Miller and writer/educator Nicole Haroutunian for a special reading of excerpts from Darger’s weather journals and passages from Meville’s Moby-Dick. Miller and Haroutunian will explore the role weather played for each of these cultural figures and their work.

This event is presented in partnership with the American Folk Art Museum.

Buy tickets/get more info now