For the entire month of September, the National Endowment of the Arts is hosting the “Big Read” event, where an entire community reads the same book and participates in related events, such as art exhibitions. Reporter Heather Clisby has the details…
The National Endowment for the Arts is promoting their Big Read event nationwide. The local version, promoted by The Arts Council of San Bernardino County, includes over 20 free exhibitions, panels, and workshops. The book, “Station 11” by Emily St. John Mandel, is a story about survival, legacy, and community, and begs the question “What makes us human?” Inspired by the book’s survival themes, the Yucca Valley Visual and Performing Arts Center will present “Concourse C,” an art exhibition that explores a “post-pandemic genesis of an airport community” that utilizes repurposed waste as shelter, and the concept of human innovation. Alongside this exhibition will be Cathy Allen’s shelter installation and Karyl Newman’s Waste Wunderkammer alongside the Museum of Civilization, a display of extinct technologies. Opening reception for the exhibition is September 7 at 6 p.m. and it will remain on view through October 20. The Center is located at 58325 on Highway 62 in Yucca Valley. For more info on the Big Read, visit www.artsconnectionnetwork.org.
