Dec. 5, 2024 – Jan. 22, 2025
Nevada Humanities Program Gallery
1017 S. 1st Street, #190
Las Vegas, NV 89191

Reception and Exhibition Discussion
Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024
5–8 p.m. PT, Discussion 6 p.m.
Nevada Humanities Program Gallery

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 multi-media exhibition is by Iyana Esters and is curated by Stephanie Gibson, Director, Lilley Museum of Art, University of Nevada, Reno, Nevada.

Birthed from the Soil is on display at the Nevada Humanities Program Gallery, 1017 South 1st Street, #190 in Las Vegas, from Dec. 5 through Jan. 22, 2025. Viewing hours at the Nevada Humanities Program Gallery are Tuesdays through Fridays from 1 to 5 p.m. PT, and until 9 p.m. PT, the first Friday of the month for First Friday events. Visitors may also make a viewing appointment by contacting Bobbie Ann Howell at bahowell@nevadahumanities.org or 702-800-4670.

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.