A Poetic Symbolic Account of a Life in America.
with Andy Vible as exhibit coordinator.
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- Preview of show — Thursday, April 9. By invitation only.
- Art Loop Reception — Friday, 5-8pm, April 10 (a week later than usual to avoid Good Friday)
- POETRY PERFORMANCES — Friday, April 17, 6-9pm
- Coffee Hour Reception and Poetry Workshop – Sunday, April 19, Noon to 4pm
Reception featuring baked goods, refreshments, conversation, and art plus a poetry workshop with Dana Kinsey, the Poet Laureate of Lancaster, Pennsylvania. - Art Loop Reception — Friday, 5-8pm, May 1
- Closing Reception — Friday, 5-8pm, May 22
An American Son presented a powerful new body of work by Oscar Eduardo de Paz, tracing his journey from childhood poverty to fatherhood, community, and artistic emergence.
Through his Poetic Symbolic Representation (PSR) approach, de Paz layers figures, objects, archival fragments, and lived memory to reveal how American systems, poverty, policing, immigration, education, and care, shape a life. These paintings move between personal testimony and collective history, offering an intimate and compelling account of American experience through one son’s eyes.
Poetry Weekend
April 17-19, 2026
As part of National Poetry Month, An American Son expands beyond the painted surface through two public programs rooted in language, memory, and reflection. Across painting, text, and symbol, Oscar Eduardo de Paz’s practice explores the emotional, social, and historical textures of life in America. These events invite audiences to engage the exhibition not only as viewers, but as readers, listeners, and participants.
Poetry Showcase,
Friday, April 17, 6-9pm
Join us for an evening of poetry in dialogue with An American Son, Oscar Eduardo de Paz’s exhibition exploring memory, identity, inheritance, and the pressures of American life. Rooted in the same poetic symbolic language that shapes his visual practice, this showcase opens space for reflection, voice, and shared experience. In the spirit of National Poetry Month, the event extends the exhibition’s world beyond the canvas, inviting language to stand alongside image as another way of witnessing, remembering, and naming what often goes unspoken.
Coffee Hour / Artist Talk / Ekphrastic Poetry Workshop,
Sunday, April 19, Noon to 4pm
Spend an afternoon inside An American Son through conversation, close looking, and writing. Beginning with coffee and an artist talk by Oscar Eduardo de Paz, this program invites participants into the ideas, symbols, and lived experiences that shape his practice. The event will culminate in an ekphrastic poetry workshop, where participants will respond to the exhibition through their own writing. In connection with National Poetry Month, this gathering creates space to consider how visual art and poetry can both carry memory, question history, and give form to what is deeply felt but not always easily said.
