five letters cinque lettere is a contemporary interpretation of the experience of the post WW2 migration from Italy within the Mildura community as told by artist Filomena Coppola, a child of migrants and the first generation born in Australia. The works celebrate migration experiences, explores cultural loss, and expresses what it is to live between the culture she was born into and the one that her parents left behind.
The exhibition is not only a personal story, Filomena worked within the local community to make video and sound works which include three generations of immigration to the area.
Saturday 23 November
2pm-3.30pm, five chapters cinque capitoli
Fred L. Gardaphé, Eliana Maestri, Loredana Polezzi, Luci Callipari-Marcuzzo and Filomena Coppola will present in this panel on artistic and literary collaborations that have forged connections across three continents within the Italian Diaspora. view Presenters' Bios.
Bookings essential
5pm, Official Exhibition Opening
five letters cinque lettere
Filomena Coppola
With opening remarks by Fred L Gardaphé, writer, academic and Distinguished Professor of English and Italian/American Studies at Queens College/CUNY and the John D Calandra Italian American Institute, New York.
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199 Cureton Avenue
Mildura VIC 3500
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