Eastern Big Read 2023

An Exhibition of Artwork in Response to Circe by Contemporary Artists

I thought: I cannot bear this world a moment longer. Then, child, make another.
— Madeline Miller's Circe

CIRCE: A GODDESS FOR OUR TIME

November 15 - April 15, 2024

CIRCE: A GODDESS FOR OUR TIME is inspired by the legendary Greek Goddess Circe, a powerful and complex figure considered both a sorceress and, also, as the first suffragette. From her story, we learn that it is possible to rewrite the centuries of mythology that have promoted and defended gender hierarchies. In a similar fashion, the artists in this exhibition challenge this same mythology with a celebration of female power. This exhibition joins Circe, Miller, and the artists to a long line of feminist activists who have deployed the magic of words and imagery to communicate and inspire. Like Circe, they are also sorcerers whose art casts a spell on us: healers of our confused bodies and minds; guides on our journey toward the light. 

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10/7 – 04/15, Circe: A Goddess of Many Powers, exhibition at J. Eugene Smith library

04/17, Madeline Miller virtual keynote.

  

10/25, Circe Mural, Academic Success Center, RM 108 lead by Lasarina Webster

10/26, Eastern Big Read 2023 Kick-Off Event: Vincent Tomasso Presentation, Student Center Theatre

 11/29, LiveGirl, INC event in collaboration with F.E.M.A.L.E.S.

12/7, Circe-inspired multimedia screening outdoor projection directed by Kristen Morgan, Associate Professor and Chair Communication, Film and Theatre, ECSU.

11/30 – 04/15, CIRCE: A GODDESS FOR OUR TIME, exhibition Art Gallery