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Thursday, Sept. 19, 2024 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
With backgrounds in journalism and fine art, Sheryl Oring began her ongoing project I Wish to Say in 2004 from a concern that many people’s voices were not being heard. She started to take dictation from the public about what they wanted to say to the (next) President. Dressed as a 1960s secretary with a typewriter, she records whatever participants say onto a postcard, making copies with carbon paper. She mails one to the White House and archives and exhibits the copy. To date she has typed over 4241 postcards. Oring will take dictation from the MU community in a live performance of “I Wish to Say”. This event is part of the exhibition of Oring’s artwork, I Wish That I Had Spoken Only of It All, which is on display in the DiMattio Gallery through Dec. 20, 2024.