Soils Turn Speaker Series
Monique Verdin
Thursday, May 22
United States: 9am HST, 12pm PDT, 1pm MDT, 2pm CDT, 3pm EDT
Europe: 20:00 BST, 21:00 CEST Australia: Friday May 23, 5am AEST
For the fifth and final online event for the Soils Turn Speaker Series, presenting the work of artists focused on addressing soils as art, Indigenous artist, curator and writer Monique Verdin will present Nanih Bvlbancha, one of Prospect New Orleans Artist of Public Memory modern monument initiatives stewarded by an Intertribal collective of Artists, Educators, Researchers, Gardeners, Herbalists, Water Protectors, Land Defenders and Culture Keepers. Nanih Bvlbancha, built on Lafitte Greenway in New Orleans, commemorates the historical significance of earthen mounds but also reignites a sacred space for dialogue, remembrance, and cultural exchange. The project embodies the spirit of rewilding, community, gathering/togetherness, education, and ingenuity/thrivance, offering a platform for traditional and contemporary expressions of identity and belonging. nanihbvlbancha.net
Q&A will be moderated by co-editor of the upcoming printed book, Soils Turn, Patricia Watts, curator and founder of ecoartspace.
Guest Speaker
Monique Verdin is an transdisciplinary artist and storyteller who documents the complex relationship between environment, culture, and climate in southeast Louisiana. She is a citizen of the Houma Nation, director of The Land Memory Bank & Seed Exchange and is supporting the Okla Hina Ikhish Holo (People of the Sacred Medicine Trail), a network of Indigenous gardeners, as the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network's Gulf South food and medicine sovereignty program manager. Monique is co-producer of the documentary My Louisiana Love and her work has been included in a variety of environmentally inspired projects, including Cry You One the multiplatform performance, Unfathomable City: A New Orleans Atlas, and the collaborative book Return to Yakni Chitto: Houma Migrations. www.moniqueverdin.com landmemorybank.org
This event is free for members + one guest. $5 for non-members. All participants MUST REGISTER.
