Rachel Eliza Griffiths in The Green Room
Thursday, November 20, 6:30 PM: Honolulu Museum of Art (O‘ahu, HI)
Tuesday, November 25, 5:30 PM: Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center (Maui, HI)
To be announced: Zoom
The Merwin Conservancy will present two programs with award-winning poet, visual artist, and novelist Rachel Eliza Griffiths, one in partnership with the Honolulu Museum of Art and the second in partnership with Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center. This program is part of The Merwin Conservancy’s series of popular arts and ecology literary events known as The Green Room.
Rachel Eliza Griffiths is a poet, visual artist, and novelist. She is the recipient of the Hurston/Wright Foundation Legacy Award and the Paterson Poetry Prize and was a finalist for the NAACP Image Award. Griffiths is also a recipient of fellowships from many organizations, including Civitella Ranieri, Kimbilio, Cave Canem Foundation, Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center, the Robert Rauschenberg Foundation, and Yaddo. Her work has been published in The New York Times, The New Yorker,the Paris Review, Tin House, Best American Poetry,and other publications. Her debut novel, Promise, was a Kirkus Reviews and Chicago Public Library Best Book of the Year. Griffiths’ debut memoir, The Flower Bearers (Random House), is forthcoming in January. She lives in New York City.
This program is made possible through generous support from Halekulani, and our Green Room Patrons & Hosts.
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Thursday, November 20, 6:30 PM at Honolulu Museum of Art
Tuesday, November 25, 5:30 PM at Hui No’eau Visual Arts Center
A special offering for Maui residents: through our partnership with Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center, the first 5 residents to purchase tickets to this event will receive a complimentary individual Hui membership. Learn more and purchase tickets below.
