Louder Than Silence
Schedule
Thu May 07 2026 at 06:00 pm to 07:30 pm
UTC-04:00Location
Columbia Museum of Art | Columbia, SC
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Join us for an evening of spoken word poetry and performance responding to featured spring exhibition Rodney McMillian: A Son of the Soil. Emceed by Columbia’s poet laureate, Jennifer Bartell Boykin, this live program brings together poets and performance artists whose work engages directly with the exhibition’s explorations of labor, power, and value, and the ways race, class, and gender shape access to the so-called American Dream. Selected artists present original works that reflect on lived experience, invisible labor, economic survival, and the tension between aspiration and reality. Language becomes both medium and method, used as a tool for resistance, disruption, and truth-telling in response to McMillian’s practice.
Free as part of Free First Thursday at the CMA. Attendees are encouraged to visit the exhibition prior to the program. This program is supported by Art Bridges Access for All Program and Lexington Health.
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Interested artists are invited to submit original work for consideration through the online submission form by April 7 at 5:00 p.m.
Please note: submission does not guarantee a performance slot. Selected performers will be notified the week of April 13.
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Can we assist you with accommodations for accessibility during your visit? Please let us know at 803-799-2810 or [email protected].
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