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James A. Michener Art Museum
138 S. Pine St.
Doylestown, PA 18901
215.340.9800
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Exhibitions:

Walé Oyéjidé: Flight of the Dreamer

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Walé Oyéjidé: Flight of the Dreamer
Through April 23, 2023

“Each of us is a prisoner of some kind. Most of us are in prisons of our own making. Each of us is a dreamer. Each of us pines for flight.” (Walé Oyéjidé)

The exhibition pairs original writings published by individuals while incarcerated in the Bucks County prison with selections from renowned Nigerian/American filmmaker, fashion designer, and photographer Walé Oyéjidé’s body of work. Walé Oyéjidé: Flight of the Dreamer features lush garments and regal portraits of inspiring individuals to transform the gallery space into an empowering, imagined escape from the difficulties of imprisonment.

For nearly 100 years, the site where the Michener Art Museum now stands was the Bucks County prison, whose stone structure still forms much of the Museum’s own building. Built to isolate prisoners but closed due to overcrowding and inhumane conditions, the prison was long a place of anguish and adversity.

The exhibition program in the Bette and Nelson Pfundt Gallery is presented by Vivian Banta and Robert Field

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