Acclaimed performance poet Tammy Gomez takes us into the light as she battles the darkness and isolation of solitary confinement. Her one-woman performance work “Saliendo Abierta” (Emerging Open) explores the internal crisis that ensued when she became trapped in her bedroom closet, and the stories, memories, and zen-like focus that helped her open the door two and a half days later.  (Premiered at the Sor Juana Festival of Performance in April 2009,at the Emma S. Barrientos Mexican American Cultural Center in Austin.)

For this presentation of "Saliendo Abierta", Tammy would like to encourage questions and conversation that circle around ideas of self-preservation and resilience; coping strategies in times of strife; and the ways we use creativity to keep our inner spaces bright as we face darkness and destruction.

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