Virtual Book Club
May 22 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
Free
Book Club with John Schuerman
Sunday, May 22, 11:00 AM – 12:15 PM
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This will be a virtual event. Have coffee and chat with us! This will be a conversation, not a presentation.
Unstillness is a book by artist John Schuerman of quiet walks through the chaotic year from spring of 2020 to spring of 2021. As we were changing for better and worse, Schuerman walked, observed, and reported back. Unstillness is a reflective chronicle of self in society and nature, through drawings, photos, and text. The book documents 22 walks that examine the social upheavals in Minneapolis (and beyond), the loss of socialization caused by the pandemic, the effects of experiencing nature from within the grid of the Twin Cities, and the author’s individual life in relation to these vast domains. These are walks of reckoning and as such provide few answers, but rather bring us face to face with the possibilities for progress, stasis, or collective failure on deep issues such as climate change, racism, the pandemic, and fascism on the rise.
Books will be available through the Rochester Art Center gallery shop (CLICK HERE) or from the author. John can be reached through his website, www.schuermanfineart.com
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John Schuerman is an environmental artist and independent curator. His artwork reflects his deep interest in nature both human and nonhuman. His aesthetic style and social consciousness formed as he grew up on a dairy farm in southern Wisconsin. His primary art practices are Walking and Drawing, which he uses to examine his community’s physical and psychic landscapes. As a curator he’s produced over 30 exhibitions across the Midwest on topics that address current concerns in our collective psyche.
You are invited to a Zoom meeting.
When: May 22, 2022 11:00 AM Central Time (US and Canada)
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