Bianca Diaz Book Talk and Signing
Wednesday, November 9, 6pm
Lownes Room, John Hay Library
20 Prospect Street, Providence, RI
Free and open to the public
What happens when Mama goes to jail?
Artist and illustrator Bianca Diaz will discuss her career and most recent book, See You Soon (written by New York Times best-selling author Mariame Kaba), a poignant, beautifully illustrated children’s book about a little girl named Queenie who worries when her Mama gets sick and goes to jail.
Will Mama have a warm bed to sleep in? Will she get better? Can love bridge the distance between them?
Join Bianca Diaz, Mariahdessa Ekere Tallie (award-winning children’s book author and Brown doctoral student), and Africana Studies assistant professor Lisa Biggs for an important and engaging conversation about storytelling, art, and healing, followed by a book signing.
Bianca Diaz is a Mexican American artist and children’s book illustrator from Chicago’s Pilsen neighborhood, currently living and working in Brooklyn, New York. Bianca received her BFA in Illustration from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2013, and a MA in Creative Process from the National University of Ireland in 2015.
This program is held in conjunction with Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration.
The Bell Gallery will stay open until 8pm on November 9 to allow attendees to visit the exhibition before or after the program.
Sponsored by the John Hay Library, Brown Arts Institute, and the Department of Africana Studies / Rites and Reason Theatre.
Accessibility information: The Lownes Room is located on the second floor, up two flights of stairs.
Please contact Lizette_Martinez@brown.edu if you will need elevator access, which requires staff accompaniment.
Please reach out to Lizette as far in advance of the event as possible for this or any other accommodations that will enable you to attend and enjoy the event.
Marking Time: Art in the Age of Mass Incarceration is organized by Dr. Nicole R. Fleetwood, NYU Professor of Media, Culture, and Communication, with exhibition coordinator Steven G. Fullwood and the assistance of graduate researchers Anisa Jackson, Xavier Hadley, and Eva Cilman.
The exhibition is presented across the Bell and Cohen Galleries at the Brown Arts Institute in collaboration with the Department of Africana Studies / Rites and Reason Theatre and will be accompanied by a dynamic series of public programs.