In celebration of the publication of Chasing Light: Michelle Obama through the Lens of a White House Photographer, Amanda Lucidon, the official White House photographer (2012 – 2016), will be visiting libraries and schools across the country to speak about her work and the importance of arts education. A traveling exhibition of photographs from the book will be shown at select libraries, including Brooklyn Public Library, Princeton Public Library, Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, and Chicago Public Library.
In cities where Amanda Lucidon will be speaking at libraries, she will also visit Turnaround Arts schools. Founded by former First Lady and the President’s Committee on the Arts and the Humanities, the Turnaround Arts program infuses the arts into struggling schools as a powerful strategy to turn them around. See below for upcoming events. Author in attendance at the starred (*) locations.
Upcoming Events
Mount Pleasant Neighborhood Library, Washington, DC*
Exhibition dates 10/17/2017 to 11/10/2017
Author event 11/2/2017—Free and open to the public
Memphis Public Library, Memphis, Tennessee*
Exhibition dates 10/20/2017 to 11/10/2017
Author event 11/9/2017—Free and open to the public
Princeton Public Library, Princeton, New Jersey *
Exhibition dates 11/16/2017 to 12/3/2017
Author event 11/16/2017—Free and open to the public
Brooklyn Public Library—Central, Brooklyn, New York
Exhibition dates 11/16/2017 to 12/3/2017—Free and open to the public
The Voracious Reader, Larchmont, New York*
Author event 11/29/2017—Free and open to the public
Brooklyn Public Library—Macon, Brooklyn, New York*
Exhibition dates 11/16/2017 to 12/3/2017
Author event 11/30/2017—Free and open to the public
Rosa F. Keller Library and Community Center, New Orleans, Louisiana*
Exhibition dates 12/7/2017 to 1/5/2018
Author event 12/14/2017—Free and open to the public
Temple University Libraries—Samuel L. Paley Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*
Exhibition dates 1/2/2018 to 1/23/2018
Author event 1/22/2018—Free and open to the public
Toledo Lucas County Public Library, Toledo, Ohio*
Exhibition dates 2/1/2018 to 3/4/2018
Author event 2/1/2018—Free and open to the public
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh—Homewood, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania*
Exhibition dates 2/2/2018 to 2/16/2018
Author event 2/8/2018—Free and open to the public
Chicago Public Library—Harold Washington Library Center, Chicago, Illinois*
Exhibition dates 2/1/2018 to 3/3/2018
Author event 2/15/2018—Free and open to the public
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