WEBVTT 00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:01.450 align:middle line:90% 00:00:01.450 --> 00:00:02.860 align:middle line:90% Thank you for coming tonight. 00:00:02.860 --> 00:00:07.270 align:middle line:84% I'm Jennifer Adams, higher education program specialist 00:00:07.270 --> 00:00:10.330 align:middle line:84% here at Phoenix Art Museum and part of the education team. 00:00:10.330 --> 00:00:13.600 align:middle line:84% Phoenix Art Museum is delighted to partner 00:00:13.600 --> 00:00:16.360 align:middle line:84% with the University of Arizona Poetry Center 00:00:16.360 --> 00:00:20.740 align:middle line:84% to bring poets to Phoenix for these exciting readings. 00:00:20.740 --> 00:00:22.600 align:middle line:84% With tonight's readings, we're halfway 00:00:22.600 --> 00:00:27.190 align:middle line:84% through our 2017-2018 season, marking 00:00:27.190 --> 00:00:30.610 align:middle line:84% the fourth year of collaborating with the Poetry Center. 00:00:30.610 --> 00:00:33.730 align:middle line:84% Among our many partners who make these readings happen 00:00:33.730 --> 00:00:37.870 align:middle line:84% at the museum, we want to thank the Angela and Leonard Singer 00:00:37.870 --> 00:00:41.560 align:middle line:84% Endowment For Performing Arts for their ongoing support 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:44.290 align:middle line:84% of the collaboration, and Tyler Meier 00:00:44.290 --> 00:00:47.680 align:middle line:84% and Hannah Ensor of the Poetry Center, who work tirelessly 00:00:47.680 --> 00:00:50.560 align:middle line:90% to bring us phenomenal poets. 00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:51.060 align:middle line:90% Woo-Hoo! 00:00:51.060 --> 00:00:54.434 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE] 00:00:54.434 --> 00:00:58.290 align:middle line:90% 00:00:58.290 --> 00:01:01.830 align:middle line:84% After tonight's reading, be sure to visit Past/Future/Present: 00:01:01.830 --> 00:01:05.230 align:middle line:84% Contemporary Art from the Museum of Modern Art, Sao Paulo, 00:01:05.230 --> 00:01:08.730 align:middle line:84% and mark your calendars for two highly-anticipated exhibitions 00:01:08.730 --> 00:01:12.840 align:middle line:84% in 2018, Iris van Herpen: Transforming Fashion 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:15.660 align:middle line:84% and Valeska Soares: Any Moment Now. 00:01:15.660 --> 00:01:17.590 align:middle line:84% Thank you for joining us this evening. 00:01:17.590 --> 00:01:19.620 align:middle line:84% I'm going to pass this over to Tyler. 00:01:19.620 --> 00:01:21.470 align:middle line:90% [APPLAUSE]