Responding to Our World: A Celebration of the New Voices Breaking Boundaries Archives

Voices Breaking Boundaries

Voices Breaking Boundaries

Join the University of Houston Libraries Special Collections and Voices Breaking Boundaries (VBB) at a unique gathering to launch the archiving of VBB founder Sehba Sarwar’s three-decade artistic career and VBB’s extensive, multi-sensory 17-year history.

The event will showcase VBB’s archived videos, photographs, writings and art in a collection curated by UH archivist Vince Lee and intern Emily Brooks. Also featured will be conversations with Karen Farber, Christa Forster, Elizabeth Gregory, Karen Martinez, Sixto Wagan, Borderlines editors Margot Backus and Maria Gonzalez, and VBB board members including Yolanda Alvarado and Carmen Peña Abrego. VBB’s new website, designed by Angela Martinez with direction by Dee Dee Dochen, will also be launched.

The evening will include refreshments and opportunities to engage with Sehba Sarwar and VBB’s work in Houston and beyond.

The event will be held in the Elizabeth D. Rockwell Pavilion at the MD Anderson Library on Monday, November 14 from 5:30 – 7:00 p.m. It is free and open to the public.

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Posted on October 5th, 2016 by Esmeralda Fisher and filed under Announcements | Comments Off on Responding to Our World: A Celebration of the New Voices Breaking Boundaries Archives