Faculty Presentation:
Kimberly Blaeser and Joe Diggs
Tuesday, July 22, 2025
5-7 PM
Join us for a summer faculty reading and artist talk and with poet Kimberly Blaeser and artist Joseph Diggs .
About Our Speakers
Kimberly Blaeser, past Wisconsin Poet Laureate and founding director of Indigenous Nations Poets, is the author of works in several genres. Her poetry collections include Ancient Light (2024), Résister en dansant/Ikwe-niimi: Dancing Resistance (2020), and Copper Yearning (2019). An enrolled member of the White Earth Nation, Blaeser is an Anishinaabe activist and environmentalist. She is an MFA faculty member at Institute of American Indian Arts and Professor Emerita at UW–Milwaukee. Blaeser’s honors include the Zona Gale Short Fiction Award, Hayden’s Ferry Review’s Indigenous Poets Prize, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from Native Writers’ Circle of the Americas.
Joseph Diggs was born to a military family in Croix Chapeau, France and grew up on Cape Cod where he now lives and paints. Diggs’ work is housed in many private collections on the Cape, nationally, and internationally. Diggs earned his BFA at Southeastern Massachusetts University then returned, after years of travel and work experience, to earn his MFA from the Massachusetts College of Art and Design Program at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. He is currently represented by the Berta Walker Gallery of Provincetown.
Event Accessibility Information
The Fine Arts Work Center is committed to making its events and services inclusive and accessible for everyone. If you need any accommodations to fully participate, please contact our Accessibility Coordinator, Susan Blood, at 508-487-9960, extension 106.
Both the Stanley Kunitz Common Room and the Hudson D. Walker Gallery meet ADA accessibility standards. If you need help accessing these spaces, please call us at 508-487-9960 ext. 101 before your visit.
With the exception of service animals, pets are not allowed in the Fine Arts Work Center’s indoor public spaces. While we recognize the important role pets play in our lives, our priority is maintaining a safe and inclusive environment for all participants and approved animals. These policies are based on feedback from staff and the community. For more details, please visit our Service and Emotional Support Animal Policy.
Thank You to our Sponsors
This program is supported in part by the Arts Foundation of Cape Cod, Mass Cultural Council, Mass Development, and the Provincetown Tourism Fund.
