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On the National Language: The Poetry of America’s Endangered Tongues

Date
November 7, 2024
Time
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Cost
$18
Organizer’s Site
skirball.org
Event Series Dates
Through March 2, 2025
This exhibition showcases forty-seven portraits of speakers and students of endangered languages living in the United States. The artist, B.A. Van Sise, collaborated with numerous Indigenous and diasporic cultural organizations, as well as Native Tribes and Nations, to raise awareness about these languages and the ongoing efforts to revitalize them.

 

Adults — $18, Seniors, Students & Children (2 – 17), $13, Free to Members & Children under 2.
Free on Thursdays

 

Tuesdays – Fridays 12:00 noon – 5:00 p.m.,
Saturdays – Sundays 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

Location

Skirball Cultural Center
2701 North Sepulveda Boulevard
Los Angeles, 90049 United States + Google Map
Phone:
(626) 699-9307
Website:
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Organizer

Skirball Cultural Center
Phone
310-440-4500
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