Saturday, November 2nd at 12:00 p.m.
Lee Roscoe will discuss her book Wampanoag Art for the Ages, Traditional and Transitional. The book looks at the lifeway of the tribe which greeted the English at Plymouth, through its arts, starting in the wetu, including ancient arts of pottery, wampum, mat making, regalia, adornment — and more modern arts of painting and mixed media, featuring some of the foremost artisans of the tribe. The book is an Eric Hoffer finalist for excellence in indie publishing.
"That human element is the book’s key stroke of genius." (The Vineyard Gazette).
Lee Roscoe is a longtime freelance journalist, currently for Artscope and Provincetown magazines. She is the author of Dreaming Monomoy’s Past, Walking its Present (a subjective and objective look at the interacting nature and history of a typical coastal area, a subjective and objective account) updated and just published under a grant from the Chatham Cultural Council. She’s a state commended environmentalist who’s a Woods Hole Ocean Science Journalism fellow. A former Equity actress, Lee appeared off-Broadway and in independent films; theater is her first love. You may have heard or seen some of her plays (occasionally supported in part by the Massachusetts Cultural Council) such as The Mooncusser’s Tale, a Cape Cod radio drama or the play Impossible? about a tyrannical takeover of America.
No registration is required. Please call the library at 508-760-6219 with any questions.