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Encounters Live Poetry Reading
November 15, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
Encounters is an art exhibition that gives people the opportunity to encounter other people in their community on a deeper level through art pieces created from individual stories. This year the theme is ‘Celebrating Differences’, and the prompt artists worked off was, “What perspective or experience do you bring that others may not see at first glance?”
Come experience how poetry can tell stories in a way that paints unique pictures and feelings, and listen to local poets read their works about their lives. On Saturday, the exhibition is open to the public from 10am-8pm. The poetry reading will begin at 2pm.
This exhibition, organized by JONAH, brings together the UWEC Art Department, the EC Area Hmong Mutual Assistance Association (ECAHMAA), BaredFeet, Amy Hahn Art Therapist, and about 40 individual artists/stories of different mediums. This exhibition is supported in part by a grant from the Wisconsin Arts Board with funds from the State of Wisconsin and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Poetry reading schedule:
Astrid Ala 2:00-2:15
Lopamudra Basu 2:15-2:30
Sandra Ahrens 2:30-2:45
SZ Putnam 2:45-3:00
Caleb Graceheart 3:00-3:15
Astrid Ala 2:00-2:15
Lopamudra Basu 2:15-2:30
Sandra Ahrens 2:30-2:45
SZ Putnam 2:45-3:00
Caleb Graceheart 3:00-3:15
Full event details can be found at https://jonahjustice.org/encounters/
