In-Person: An Evening with Rosa Lowinger & Elizabeth Cerejido
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Join Books & Books for an in-person author talk with Cuban-born American writer and art conservator Rosa Lowinger as she discusses her memoir Dwell Time: A Memoir of Art, Exile, and Repair on Tuesday, October 10. Independent curator and scholar Dr. Elizabeth Cerejido will join Lowinger in conversation.
Rosa Lowinger is the author of Tropicana Nights: The Life and Times of the Legendary Cuban Nightclub and Promising Paradise: Cuban Allure American Seduction. She is also the founder and current vice-president of RLA Conservation, LLC, one of the U.S.’s largest woman-owned art and architectural conservation firms.
Dr. Elizabeth Cerejido’ s professional and academic work has focused on Cuba and the Cuban diaspora. Her scholarly interest in these communities has been implicit in her work as a museum curator, educator, scholar and administrator. Elizabeth has taught at the university level in a number of institutions; her most recent course was entitled Cuba: Society in Transition which she co-taught with Rachel Weiss in Cuba for the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
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