Join us on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024, for a reception and discussion with Iyana Esters and Mama Yawah. The reception takes place 5-8 p.m. PT, with the discussion starting at 6 p.m.

Birthed from the Soil presents a multidimensional portrait of Yawah Awolowo, known as Mama Yawah, an organic farmer, natural food chef, and midwife from Cuba, Alabama. This exhibition highlights the functionality of Mama Yawah’s life, demonstrating the beauty of ancestral knowledge of caring and working with the earth for generations, while living and tending to the community. The multimedia exhibition is by Iyana Esters and is curated by Stephanie Gibson, director of the Lilley Museum of Art at the University of Nevada, Reno. This event will be held in the Nevada Humanities LAS VEGAS program space.

This exhibition is presented by Nevada Humanities and supported, in part, by the Nevada Arts Council, a state agency, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency, and the state of Nevada.