2011 Tenneco Lecture Series

Disguise and Return:

Judaism and Ambiguous Identity in the Art and Poetry
of Gail Gutierrez and M. Miriam Herrera
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
Reception: 6 p.m.
Lecture: 7 p.m.
Rockwell Pavilion
M.D. Anderson Library, 2nd Floor
UH Main Campus

This event is free and open to the public.

Gail Gutierrez M. Miriam Herrera

Visual artist living in Israel Poet living in Albany, NY
MFA in sculpture, University of MA in creative writing, University of Illinois
California at Berkeley

As Jewish and Mexican-American artists, Gail Gutierrez and M. Miriam Herrera use visual and written
storytelling mediums to explore family legacies of hidden identity. Both have lived in Israel and American
cities with deep Latino roots and both have reclaimed their Jewish heritage while honoring their Mexican
ancestry. Join the World Cultures & Literatures Program for a call-and-response conversation between the
artists focused on issues of loss and return, concealed legacy and unveiled pride.

For more information, visit www. class.uh.edu/mcl or contact Dr. Marie-Theresa Hernandez 713.743.3074 or mthdz@uh.edu

Presented by the World Cultures & Literatures Program in the Department of Modern & Classical Languages