SHEPPY DOG FUND LECTURE

Of the Making of Many Books There is No End

Lynne Avadenka, Lecturer

May 2 | 6p | FIA Theater | FREE ADMISSION

Artist Lynne Avadenka will give an illustrated lecture about her artist’s books and prints and her collaborations with other book artists. She will share examples of book artists’ works that explore notions of identity.

“Avadenka’s work does many things at once, working across languages, motifs, history, and graphic balance to create something timeless and personal, adding her voice to the canon that she seeks to amplify with each letter she sets.” – Sarah Rose Sharp, writing about Avadenka’s work in Hyperallergic

Bio: Lynne Avadenka is an American artist/printmaker, creating multimedia work Lynne Avadenka informed by the Jewish experience and explorations of text and image. Avadenka has been active in the Detroit arts community since receiving her MFA from Wayne State University in 1981. In 2013 she was named director of Signal-Return, a Detroit nonprofit community letterpress print shop and arts center. Avadenka received a Kresge Fellowship in 2009, the inaugural year of the program, and has received individual artist grants from The National Endowment for the Arts and The Michigan Arts and Culture Council. Avadenka’s work is exhibited and collected internationally, including The British Library, London; The Detroit Institute of Arts; The Flint Institute of Arts; The Jewish Museum, New York; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem; The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.; The New York Public Library; The Meermano Museum, The Hague, The Netherlands; The Watson Library at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

ASL Interpretation is made possible by

Mexicanidad Exhibition Opening Tour

May 9 | 6p | Graphics Gallery

Join Guest Curator, Collections Manager Heather Jackson in the Graphics Gallery for

a tour of the exhibition at 6p.

In Celebration of Asian/Pacific & South Asian Heritage Month

May 23 | 6p | FIA Theater | FREE ADMISSION

Joyland 

(Pakistan/U.S., 2022) Directed by Saim Sadiq, 126 min., subtitled, not rated

Joyland explores the many sides of love and desire in a patriarchal society. Gentle and timid, Haider lives with his wife Mumtaz, his father, and his elder brother’s family in Lahore, Pakistan. Following a long spell of unemployment, gentle and timid Haider finally lands a job at a Bollywood-style burlesque, telling his family he is a theater manager, when in actuality, he is a backup dancer. The unusual position shakes up the steadfast traditional dynamics of his household and enables Haider to break out of his shell.

In Celebration of Immigrant Heritage Month

June 27 | 6p | FIA Theater | FREE ADMISSION

The Donut King 

(U.S., 2020) Directed by Alice Gu, 90 min., not rated

The Donut King is a true tale about the American Dream. In 1975 Cambodian refugee Ted Ngoy came to America and with perseverance and luck, created a multi-million-dollar donut empire. In the following decade Ngoy sponsored hundreds of visas for incoming refugees and helped them get on their feet. But like so many, his great rise was followed by a great fall. His story is one of fate, love, survival, hard knocks, and redemption.