The Jacksonville Public Library and Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville (MOCA) collaborate to create the Art & Conversations Series! Join us for an online author talk with Leslie Kemp Poole! No library card required to register for this program.
Historian Leslie Kemp Poole will discuss her research on Florida women's roles in the state's environmental movement with historian Charles Closmann, history professor at the University of North Florida in connection with MOCA's current exhibition, Structure of Nature | Nature of Structure by local artist Doug Eng.
Poole is the author of Saving Florida: Women's Fight for the Environment in the Twentieth Century. You can find this book and more of her work at the Jacksonville Public Library!
Registration is required for this event, and must be completed two hours prior to the start time.
A link to the Zoom meeting room will be sent 1 hour prior to the event. Your Zoom name must match your registration name for you to be admitted to the program.
*No library card required to register for this program.
About the Art & Conversations Series:
Jacksonville Public Library + MOCA present Art & Conversations, a series of innovative programs focused on literacy and the arts. In this series, the Library + MOCA will collaborate to provide the Jacksonville community access to a rich set of resources by partnering an educational library program with a museum exhibition.
Perks for library card-holders at MOCA include:
Free access to MOCA's galleries during the Art & Conversations Series on the final Friday of each month.
$10 off MOCA's family level membership when purchased at the front desk or by emailing shannon.cullen@unf.edu.
Pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, accommodations for persons with disabilities are available upon request. Please allow 1–2 business days to process. Last-minute requests will be accepted, but may not be possible to fulfill. Please ask for Learning Services at 255-2665 or email JPLPrograms@coj.net.
AGE GROUP: | Adults |
EVENT TYPE: | Authors, Books, and Writing |
TAGS: | MOCA | Leslie Kemp Poole | Florida history | Florida author | Florida | Environment | Charles Closmann | Art & Conversations | adult programs |