alone / together

Josephine “Ina” Cariño was born in Baguio City in the Philippines. She moved to the United States at the age of ten. As an immigrant, she has since struggled with the denial of her dual existence as an Asian and as an American. As a poet, and as the child of a poet—especially in the political climate under the current administration—Ina feels that art is perhaps the only viable tool people like her can use to work against the negation that she and other people of color experience on a daily basis. Ina’s work appears or is forthcoming in New England Review, The Oxford Review of Books, Tupelo Quarterly, Nat. Brut, Sakura Review, VIDA Review, Raleigh Review, New American Fiction (New Rivers Press), One, and december Magazine, among others. She holds an MFA in creative writing from North Carolina State University in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South is presented by the Power Plant Gallery in collaboration with Duke’s Forum for Scholars and Publics and the Gregg Museum of Art & Design at North Carolina State University. In this iteration, guest curator Randall Kenan, author and NC native, organizes the many framed photographs of the exhibition around the twin themes of Flux, on display at the Power Plant Gallery, and Home, on display at the Gregg Museum. The full program of events includes slow tours, film screenings, “Sit + Chat” sessions, and FSP@PPG panel discussions that engage with the issues in and around the works of art and explore the topics, places, and styles of Southbound. Southbound: Photographs of and about the New South was organized by the Halsey Institute of Contemporary Art at the College of Charleston School of the Arts in Charleston, South Carolina, and curated by Mark Long and Mark Sloan. Visit the exhibit online at southboundproject.org.