Poetry Reading + Films + Dialog: featuring Ruth Wallen
My Stained Hands: The Stickiness of Touch: Artist Talk with Ruth Wallen
Thursday, November 13th · 7 PM (EST)
Hosted by WEAD: Women Eco Artists Dialog in partnership with The 109 Gallery
Join us for an intimate evening of poetic & creative dialog Ruth Wallen (www.ruthwallen.net), presented virtually through Zoom and in person at The 109 Gallery in Historic Downtown Chickamauga, GA.

Ruth will share intimate conversations with a girdled tree, whose bark has been circumferentially removed as part of an effort to prevent forest fires. Through these exchanges she will reflect on how to touch and be touched by a tree in the forest, the power of fire, the legacy of settler colonialism, and the ecological crises of our time.

In-Person Experience:
Guests at The 109 Gallery will join the live Zoom session from the gallery space, allowing them to listen, ask questions, and engage directly in the conversation with Ruth and virtual participants. After the talk, the group will share additional poetry and reflections inspired by Ruth's work and our local community voices.

Virtual Experience:
Online attendees will join via Zoom for Ruth's full presentation and group discussion, connecting in real time with both Ruth and the in-person audience.

About the Exhibition:
Bodies and Borders: Ecologies of Consent explores care, connection, and multispecies consent through the work of women artists worldwide. Presented by WEAD, the full exhibition is viewable online, with select works featured in person at The 109 Gallery.

RSVP & Details
Eventbrite link → https://www.eventbrite.com/.../poetry-reading-films...

Walk-ins welcome

Explore the Exhibition Catalog – view Bodies & Borders: Ecologies of Consent online: artspaces.kunstmatrix.com/exhibition/14593182/catalog

Join Zoom Meeting
https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81136558856

Meeting ID: 811 3655 8856