The Autumn Assembly of Authors at IONA: Art Sanctuary welcomes the community at 7 p.m., today (Friday), Oct. 2, and at 2 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 4.
The photographs of Allston McCrady and art from the McCrady family collection will be on display all weekend. Readers on Friday will be Waring McCrady, who will read excerpts from the McCrady family history, Sara Katchelman, C’17, and April Berends. Kachelman is an English major at Sewanee, where she leads the student Poet Society. Sara’s writings have been published in Cactus Heart, Limininoid Magazine, and Hobart. She is from Florence, Ala. April Berends is an Episcopal priest who lives in Sewanee. She writes about the spirituality of parenthood and the particularities of grief.
On Sunday the readers will be Yolande and Robin Gottfried, Robie Jackson and Jeannie Babb.
Yolande Gottfried is a contributor to Nature Notes in the Messenger and has been a volunteer at the Sewanee Herbarium since 1996. She studied botany and plant ecology at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill as a graduate student. Robin Gottfried retired from the economics department to direct the University’s Center for Religion and Environment.
Robie Jackson is the performing arts coordinator for St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School; she recently completed an MFA at Sewanee in creative nonfiction.
Jeannie Babb is a poet who performs across the region. She is a graduate of the School of Theology. Her photography has been published by Gastronomica and Garden & Gun.
On Friday, Oct. 9 and Sunday, Oct. 11, Addison Willis will display his paintings and drawings in the IONA gallery. Readings on Oct. 9 will be given by novelist Leslie Lytle, and by mother-son duo Kiki Beavers and John Beavers. St. Andrew’s-Sewanee School theatre students will perform. On Oct. 11, readings will be offered by Luann Landon, Kevin Cummings, and Noah Huber-Feely. Bill Yelverton will play classical guitar.
Art and readings are also scheduled for Oct. 16–17, and on Nov. 13.
IONA: Art Sanctuary is located at 630 Garnertown Rd., Sewanee. The public is welcome, all events are free, and parking is available.
This season’s program at IONA is dedicated to Clementine Gray Carlos, granddaughter of Sarah and Ed Carlos.
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