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SANTA BARBARA — The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will present “Parallel Stories Why Empathy Matters: A Conversation with Dario Robleto and Emily Rapp Black” at 2:30 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 at SBMA’s Mary Craig Auditorium, 1130 State St., Santa Barbara.
“Are we alone? Does love survive the death of cells? What do we owe to the memories of one another’s hearts?”—Dario Robleto
“A brilliant study of the wages of mortal love.” —The New York Times Book Review on The Still Point of the Turning World by Emily Rapp Black
Artist Dario Robleto, whose work invites us to consider the questions above, is joined in conversation by award winning author Emily Rapp Black, whose searing, unblinking story dealing with death and grief combines an essayist’s willingness to lay herself bare on the page, a theologian’s search to plumb the mysteries of life told with a poet’s precision. Together they explore the Golden Record as the Washington Post described “as both a vessel of science and a leap of faith.”
This talk coincides with the opening of the SBMA exhibition Dario Robleto: The Signal.
Parallel Stories is a literary and performing arts series that pairs art and artists with award-winning authors and performers of regional, national, and international acclaim. This series functions as a multidisciplinary lens through which to view the Museum’s collection and special exhibitions.
Location: SBMA’s Mary Craig Auditorium, 1130 State Street, Santa Barbara
Free Students & Museum Circle/$10 SBMA Members/$15 Non-Members
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