BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Kalamazoo Institute of Arts - ECPv6.17.5.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-WR-CALNAME:Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.kiarts.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Kalamazoo Institute of Arts
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:America/Detroit
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20240310T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20241103T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20250309T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20251102T060000
END:STANDARD
BEGIN:DAYLIGHT
TZOFFSETFROM:-0500
TZOFFSETTO:-0400
TZNAME:EDT
DTSTART:20260308T070000
END:DAYLIGHT
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:-0400
TZOFFSETTO:-0500
TZNAME:EST
DTSTART:20261101T060000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20251113T180000
DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20251113T190000
DTSTAMP:20250912T134552Z
CREATED:20250911T152315Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250912T134552Z
UID:10001139-1763056800-1763060400@www.kiarts.org
SUMMARY:Artful Evening: The Ways that Paper Leads to Freedom
DESCRIPTION:During this talk\, Reginald Dwayne Betts will explore Felon: An American Washi Tale\, a solo show that confronts the weight and legitimacy of the word “felon” through poetry\, visual art\, and performance. Drawing from his own story—sent to prison at 16\, discovering poetry behind bars—Betts will offer an immersive meditation on incarceration\, identity\, and the power of art to reshape the narrative of who we are and who we might become. \nReginald Dwayne Betts is a poet\, lawyer\, and the Founder and CEO of Freedom Reads\, an initiative to radically transform access to literature in prisons. The author of a memoir and five collections of poetry\, Betts is a MacArthur Fellow and has been awarded fellowships from Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute of Advanced Study\, the National Endowment for the Arts\, Emerson Collective\, and the Guggenheim Foundation. He holds a J.D. from Yale Law School. Betts founded Freedom Reads in 2020 with a grant from the Mellon Foundation. To date\, the organization has opened more than 500 Freedom Libraries in 50 adult and youth prisons across 13 states. These libraries provide a locus where conversation and community can begin inside and outside of prison walls\, supporting the efforts of incarcerated individuals to imagine new possibilities for their lives. \nThis program is made possible through the generous support of our community partners: Western Michigan University\, the Arcus Center for Social Justice Leadership at Kalamazoo College\, the Department of English at Kalamazoo Valley Community College\, the Kalamazoo Public Library\, the Kalamazoo Defender\, and the Kalamazoo Bar Association. \nFor more information about this event and the suite of programs with Reginald Dwayne Betts\, please visit kiarts.org/betts.
URL:https://www.kiarts.org/event/artful-evening-the-ways-that-paper-leads-to-freedom/
LOCATION:Kalamazoo Institute of Arts\, 314 S Park St\, Kalamazoo\, MI\, 49008\, United States
CATEGORIES:Artful Evening,In the Museum
ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/webp:https://www.kiarts.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/RDB-Headshot.webp
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR