Victoria Scott-Miller reads three poems from the galleries of the North Carolina Museum of Art.
Scott-Miller’s recommendations for Juneteenth are Words with Wings: A Treasury of African-American Poetry and Art by Belinda Rochelle and Freedom over Me by Ashley Bryan. Find out more here about storytime, the bookstore, and the presenter at ncartmuseum.org.
“When I think of Juneteenth and after viewing Stacey Lynn Waddell’s piece The Gulf Stream (After Winslow Homer), the first thoughts that come to mind are displacement of freedom, one that is everywhere but nowhere at all, and how celebration ignites an opportunity to reclaim our joy, our hope, and ultimately the displaced freedom. When this is truly found from within, we are able to manifest and harness our wildest dreams, the dreams that are often placed in back pockets or hidden in our minds.”—Victoria Scott-Miller, owner of Liberation Station
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Beautiful moving presentation. Listening to these poems, drinking in the paintings’ details and spirit, seeing the space, watching the reader bring everything into focus—a gift. More, please.
Brilliant. Bright. Liberating.
Loved it. Most of all I appreciated that they represent what we are …..human.
Thank you!! So important to hear different stories. Representation matters.
Go Victoria!
Lovely honest reading. Right I am reading tah neshisi coates letter to his son. And I enjoy the warm words with sentences of knowledge tofeel and think about it and to form it to new ideas and tasks. Thank youand best from Berlin toNorth Carolina, Jette.