The Place Where Clouds Are Formed - April 4, 2024

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Poetry Center, Center for Creative Photography

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Poetry Center
The Place Where Clouds Are Formed

O'odham poets Ofelia Zepeda, Su:k Chu:vak Fulwilder, and Amber Lee Ortega read poems in English and O'odham from the exhibition The Place Where Clouds Are Formed (April 4-August 31, 2024). Their poems and commentary focus on O'odham identity, experiences including displacement and violence, the importance of honoring the desert, and the resilience of individuals and communities. Traditional religion and Catholicism are discussed throughout.  

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Introduction to Ofelia Zepeda
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by Julie Swarstad Johnson

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"Not the intent of this desert"
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Appeared in the exhibition The Place Where Clouds Are Formed, on display at The Poetry Center and The Center for Creative Photography from April 4-August 31, 2024.

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"Lessons for Walking the Desert"
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Appeared in the exhibition The Place Where Clouds Are Formed, on display at The Poetry Center and The Center for Creative Photography from April 4-August 31, 2024.

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"Hohowogĭ g Sa:nto" / "Inhale the power of the Saint"
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Appeared in the exhibition The Place Where Clouds Are Formed, on display at The Poetry Center and The Center for Creative Photography from April 4-August 31, 2024.

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"Ceop" / "Church"
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Appeared in the exhibition The Place Where Clouds Are Formed, on display at The Poetry Center and The Center for Creative Photography from April 4-August 31, 2024.

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"Go:k San Plansiskĭ" / "The Two St. Francis"
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Appeared in the exhibition The Place Where Clouds Are Formed, on display at The Poetry Center and The Center for Creative Photography from April 4-August 31, 2024.

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"Climbing the Cross"
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Appeared in the exhibition The Place Where Clouds Are Formed, on display at The Poetry Center and The Center for Creative Photography from April 4-August 31, 2024.

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"The Little Girl in the Pink High Top Sneakers"
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Appeared in the exhibition The Place Where Clouds Are Formed, on display at The Poetry Center and The Center for Creative Photography from April 4-August 31, 2024.

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"Lost Prayers"
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Zepeda, Ofelia. Where Clouds Are Formed. Tucson: University of Arizona Press, 2008. 

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Introduction to Su:k Chu:vak Fulwilder
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by Julie Swarstad Johnson

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"I Leave the world without a trace…"
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Appeared in the exhibition The Place Where Clouds Are Formed, on display at The Poetry Center and The Center for Creative Photography from April 4-August 31, 2024.

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"Sit with Me"
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Appeared in the exhibition The Place Where Clouds Are Formed, on display at The Poetry Center and The Center for Creative Photography from April 4-August 31, 2024.

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Introduction to Amber Lee Ortega
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by Julie Swarstad Johnson

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"Heart of the Desert" / "Tohono I:bdagi"
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Appeared in the exhibition The Place Where Clouds Are Formed, on display at The Poetry Center and The Center for Creative Photography from April 4-August 31, 2024.

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"Totoñ Huḍñig Taccui" / "Ant Evening Dream"
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Appeared in the exhibition The Place Where Clouds Are Formed, on display at The Poetry Center and The Center for Creative Photography from April 4-August 31, 2024.

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"What Remains" / "Amjeḍ ‘o ‘am wi’is"
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Appeared in the exhibition The Place Where Clouds Are Formed, on display at The Poetry Center and The Center for Creative Photography from April 4-August 31, 2024.

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Su:k Chu:vak Fulwilder
Photographer
Paola Valenzuela
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Amber Lee Ortega
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Paola Valenzuela
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Ofelia Zepeda
Photographer
Paola Valenzuela
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Martín Zícari, Gareth Smit, and Ofelia Zepeda
Photographer
Paola Valenzuela
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