Join us Thursday, June 8 from 6 to 7 p.m. for Bletcher Hour, the Gallery’s monthly critical reading group. Readings explore key themes of the exhibitions and current events, with the intent to deepen our understanding of the artworks and their context within our community.

Bletcher Hour
FREE, IN PERSON
June 8, 6 – 7 PM

Join us Thursday, June 8 from 6 to 7 p.m. for Bletcher Hour, the Gallery’s monthly critical reading group. Readings explore key themes of the exhibitions and current events, with the intent to deepen our understanding of the artworks and their context within our community.

We will gather together to discuss Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction.” Ursula K. Le Guin was an American author best known for her speculative fiction, science fiction, and fantasy works. Her literary career spanned nearly sixty years, producing more than twenty novels and over a hundred short stories, in addition to poetry, literary criticism, translations, and children’s books. In “The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction,” Le Guin retells the story of human origin by redefining technology as a cultural carrier bag rather than a weapon of domination. In addition to the short essay, I have also provided introductions from the publisher and writer and academic Donna Harraway.

“The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction” was a major influence on artist April Matisz as she developed her current exhibition Gathering near and far, still, on display in the Upper Gallery until June 24.

This program is free to attend. Please contact Heather Kehoe, Program & Event Coordinator, to register. Readings are sent as PDFs in advance of the event. If you cannot make it in person, online attendance options are available.