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THE NEA BIG READ AMHERST COUNTY VIRGINIA:
​Discussion of Works by Joy Harjo and Karenne Wood
​

(All events are open to the public free of charge.)

Book discussion about
An American Sunrise
by Joy Harjo


11 am Wednesday, March 16, 2022
Amherst County Public Library,
Amherst Branch, 382 S. Main St.,
Amherst VA 24521

​Discussion led by Jacob Etter, Amherst County Public Library’s new director.

For information call (434) 946-9488.


Copies of
An American Sunrise
​are in circulation at both branches of the Amherst County Public Library.

Discussion of works
by Native American
poets Joy Harjo and
Karenne Wood


11 am Friday, March 18, 2022
Amherst County Public Library,
Madison Heights Branch,
200 River James Plaza,
​Madison Heights, VA 24572
Discussion led by scholar Marcia Robertson, PhD, and by Madison Heights Branch Librarian Judy Maxham.

For information call (434) 846-8171
​

Open to all. Home schooled and adult education program students are especially invited to attend this discussion event. Traveling exhibits about Joy Harjo and Monacan poet Karenne Wood will be on display at the Library.
Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. (AGAR) arts and Humanities Projects in 2021-2022 are funded as follows::
 
AGAR’s concerts are made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Virginia Commission for the Arts,
and The Greater Lynchburg Community Foundation, with marketing assistance from SHARE Greater Lynchburg.
This project is supported in part by the Virginia Commission for the Arts, which receives support from the Virginia General Assembly and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. AGAR’s arts programs for individuals receiving meals delivered at home are also funded in part by CENTRA and Amherst Woman’s Club.
 
The Digital Residency by Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc., organized in partnership with Cecilia Smith and
Lafayette Harris, Jr., has been made possible with support from Chamber Music America through its Residency Endowment Fund. These concerts are delivered online as a “thank you” during the COVID-19 times to medical and non-medical staff and to patients at Centra Health and CVACL, Lynchburg; Virginia Commonwealth University Health in Richmond, Tappahannock, and South Hill; and to Gifts of Art, Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
 
The NEA BIG READ is a program of the National Endowment for the Arts in partnership with Arts Midwest.
 
AGAR’s Virginia History Programs are supported in part by National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)
and Virginia Humanities (VH).

Funding for a VH/SHARP grant to AGAR has been provided by Virginia Humanities and the National Endowment
for the Humanities (NEH) as part of the American Rescue Plan (ARP) and the NEH Sustaining the Humanities
​through the American Rescue Plan (SHARP) initiative.
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Amherst Glebe Arts Response, Inc. (AGAR)  |  156 Patrick Henry Highway, Amherst, VA 24521 
US Mail:  PO Box 117, Clifford, VA 24533   |   (434) 989-3215
Email: AmherstGlebeArts@gmail.com   |   Facebook: AmherstGlebeArtsResponse
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  • Home
  • The Arts
    • Music >
      • Java & Jazz >
        • Joseph Henson Jazz
      • Chamber Music America
      • Gottschalk
    • Beyond the Russian Pale
    • Opera
  • Humanities
    • Special Programs to View on Youtube
    • Museum
    • Amherst County School Project
  • Community | Healthcare
    • Arts in the Community
    • Arts in Healthcare >
      • Chamber Music America
  • About Us
  • Donate
  • Archives
    • Music Series Archives >
      • 2022-2023 Season
      • 2021-2022 Season >
        • NEA Big Read Amherst County Virginia >
          • NEA Big Read: Kickoff Event
          • NEA Big Read: Book Discussions
          • The Big Read Grant
          • NEA Big Read Amherst County Virginia Youtube Videos
        • Mezzo Soprano Sophie Delphis
        • Joseph Henson Jazz Project
        • “Winter Stories and Songs”
        • The Joseph Henson Jazz Project
        • Quintana All-Stars
        • Ayreheart
        • Isaac Williams Quartet
        • Alkemie Early Music Ensemble
        • Los Gatos
      • 2020-2021 Season >
        • Alkemie
      • 2019-2020 Season
      • 2018-2019 Season
      • 2017-2018 Season
      • 2012-2013 to 2016-2017 Seasons
    • Humanities Archive >
      • Museum
    • News Archive
    • Arts in the Community Archive
    • Arts in Healthcare Archive