Collaboration is the name of the game when it comes to bringing outstanding exhibits to the region--just ask the
Traverse Area District Library, the
Dennos Museum Center and the
Interlochen Center for the Arts.
Thank to the efforts of the three organizations, the Great Michigan Read traveling exhibit, "We Don't Want Them," will be shown throughout the region in March.
"Rather than applying for the exhibit as three single organizations and competing for the opportunity, we decided to combine our efforts in hosting the exhibit in order to offer a variety of complementary programming," says Diana Bolander, curator of education and interpretation at Dennos.
The exhibit focuses on race and housing in metropolitan Detroit ranging from 1900 until now. Through reproductions of historic documents and photographs, viewers of "We Don’t Want Them" will learn about the causes and effects of residential segregation.
In addition to hosting the exhibit, each organization will offer supporting programs ranging from concerts and presentations to a community book discussion and a film screening designed to stimulate discussion concerning the themes of discrimination as well as tolerance and acceptance which are represented in both the exhibit and book selection.
The exhibit will run at Interlochen, March 1-10, before moving on to Dennos March 11-18. The Traverse Area District Library will host the exhibit March 19-28.
Writer: Sam Eggleston
Source: Diana Bolander, Dennos Museum Center
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