Gallery Opening: “Let America Be America Again”

ILSE SCHREIBER-NOLL

Langston Hughes
Let America Be America Again

The poem “Let America Be America Again”  by Langston Hughes is the underlying motto for
Ilse Schreiber-Noll’s new series of woodcuts, paintings and books shown in this exhibition.
Langston Hughes the great Harlem Renaissance poet wrote this poem in 1935.
A timeless verse that could have been written today as an antidote to our present government, a government that ignores the needs of its people and replaces a sense of solidarity with disadvantaged and vulnerable groups with cruel and ethno-centered policies.

Poetry Reading
at the Opening Reception
at 2:30 pm with
Bettina “Poet Gold” Wilkerson,
NYS Duchess County 2017 Poet Laureate
Poet Gold will read Langston Hughes poem and a selection of her own poetry