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Gallery Conversation: Poetry Reading with Noelia Cerna

Talk/Lecture
Early American Gallery
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They say the best art sparks discussion—here’s your chance to see for yourself! Join us in the Early American Gallery as Fayetteville-based poet Noelia Cerna reads work that engages with We the People from the museum’s permanent collection. Become part of the conversation as art, artist, and audience come together to wrestle with the message of a work of art—and what it can mean to the people who view it.

Modern gallery with colorful mural,
Nari Ward, We the People (black version), 2015, 96 in. × 27 ft. (243.8 × 823 cm), shoelaces, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.

Noelia Cerna is a Latina poet based in Fayetteville, Arkansas. She was born in Costa Rica and immigrated to the United States at the age of seven. She received a Bachelor’s degree in English from Westminster College in Missouri. Her poems have been published in audio form in Terse. Journal, The Revolution [Relaunch], The North Meridian Review, and the Plants & Poetry Journal. Noelia hosts the Journal poetry readings in conjunction with Ozark Poets & Writers Collective, where she serves as the President and community partner with Plants & Poetry.

Per CDC guidelines, guests and staff who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 are no longer required to wear face coverings. If guests are not vaccinated, face coverings are still required. Face coverings are still recommended for children 2 and up, unless they are vaccinated.Face coverings will be available upon entry for those who do not have one.

Free, no registration required.