Name: How to Carry Water Poetry & Convening
Start: 2023-10-02T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-10-03T12:00:00-04:00
Location: Mellon Foundation

October

2023

How to Carry Water Poetry & Convening

Speaker

Hadley Mullin

SENIOR MANAGING DIRECTOR

Event Cancelled

We regret to inform you that, unfortunately, this event has been cancelled. We appreciate your interest and understanding,

and hope to welcome you to future Mellon Foundation events.

How to Carry Water

An Exploration of Water through Poetry, Writing, and Scholarship

Organized by Natalie Diaz,

Mellon Foundation Fellow-in-Residence

POETRY READING
Monday, October 2
Welcome and Light Refreshments 3:30 – 4:00 PM
Remarks and Poetry Reading 4:00 – 5:30 PM
Reception 5:30 – 6:30 PM

PRESENTATIONS AND CONVERSATION

Tuesday, October 3

Welcome and Light Refreshments 10:00 – 10:30 AM

Remarks and Program 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM

Mellon Foundation

140 East 62nd Street

New York, NY 10065

As noted above, unfortunately, this event has been cancelled.

Please join us for a two-part convening organized by Natalie Diaz, Mellon Foundation Fellow-in-Residence. This gathering will bring together preeminent poets and Native scholars whose works and imaginations are shaped by a deep relationship to bodies of water, and many knowledges and practices born from those relationships across time.

Monday, October 2nd is an afternoon of poetry in the Mellon Garden, featuring Natalie Diaz, Nikky Finney, Joy Harjo, No'u Revilla, and Tracy K. Smith,

with remarks by Elizabeth Alexander, President, Mellon Foundation.

Tuesday, October 3rd is a morning of presentations and conversation, featuring Natalie Diaz, Megan Bang, Jodi Byrd, Joy Harjo, Governor Stephen Roe Lewis of the Gila River Indian Community, No'u Revilla, and Aulani Wilhelm.

Please note that this invitation is non-transferrable and is intended only for the addressed recipient, as space at the Foundation is limited. Weather permitting, the event will be held outside on October 2nd, so please dress comfortably.

Questions?

Please contact events@mellon.org.

COVID Protocols

As we continue to monitor the status of COVID-19 transmission and applicable guidance, rules, and fluctuations,

please be advised that attendees for this event may be required to provide proof of vaccination and/or results of a negative, same-day antigen test upon arrival,

and that the Foundation may implement additional safety measures as it determines are needed to protect the safety of our guests.

If you are experiencing any symptoms of illness on the day of the event, we ask that you help protect the safety and health of our team and guests by refraining from attendance.

Prior to the event, we will confirm with attendees any health protocols for the event.

SPEAKERS

moderator & poet

Natalie Diaz

Mellon Foundation Fellow-in-Residence; Director, Center for Imagination in the Borderlands, Arizona State University

Remarks

Elizabeth Alexander

PRESIDENT, MELLON FOUNDATION

presenting scholar

Megan Bang

PROFESSOR, LEARNING SCIENCES AND DIRECTOR, CENTER FOR NATIVE AMERICAN AND INDIGENOUS RESEARCH, NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY

poet

Jodi Byrd

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF LITERATURES IN ENGLISH, CORNELL UNIVERSITY

poet

Nikky Finney

John H. Bennett, Jr. Chair, Creative Writing and Southern Literature and Carolina Distinguished Professorship, Department of English Language and Literature, University of South Carolina

poet & presenting scholar

Joy Harjo

23rd united states poet laureate, library of congress

presenting scholar

Governor Stephen Roe Lewis

Gila river indian community

presenting scholar

No'u Revilla

ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF CREATIVE WRITING, DEPARTMENT OF ENGLISH, UNIVERSITY OF HAWAIʻI-MĀNOA

poet

Tracy K. Smith

22nd United States Poet Laureate, Library of Congress; Professor, English and African and African American Studies, Harvard Faculty of Arts and Sciences; Susan S. and Kenneth L. Wallach Professor, Harvard Radcliffe Institute

Presenting scholar

Aulani Wilhelm

SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT FOR OCEANS, CONSERVATION INTERNATIONAL

Image Credit (Jodi Byrd): Bao Phi.

Image Credit (Nikky Finney): Forrest Clonts.
Image Credit (Joy Harjo): Matika Wilbur.

Image Credit (Governor Stephen Roe Lewis): gilariver.org.

Image Credit (No'u Revilla): Bryan Kamaoli Kuwada.

Image Credit (Aulani Wilhelm): Radio New Zealand.