The Geography of Memory: My Southern Italian Terra Firma
In this episode, Pat Benincasa shares powerful life lessons on resilience and determination as a daughter of immigrants. Growing up, she navigated two very different worlds of customs, languages and traditions and found valuable insights and a profound sense of belonging.
Pat Benincasa is a visual artist, art educator and podcaster whose work has received national and international attention. She has received National Percent for Art and General Services Administration (GSA) Art In Architecture Commissions and project documentation is archived at the Minnesota Historical Society. Benincasa received her MFA and MA from Wayne State University in Detroit and received her K-12 Art Licensure from St. Catherine University.
Quotes
PAT: “Looking back with an emotional distance of many years, I have to say, there was something magical about living in 2 worlds.”
PAT:“How is it that the older we get opens a portal to our debris strewn past? And this portal becomes a willing vantage point of our earliest memories: Part casualty clearing station, part daytime comedy, or behavioral blueprint- maybe all of these?”