Brooks Memorial Library, 224 Main St., Brattleboro presents Lynn Herring's XOX! group performance artpiece Saturday August 7, 2-5pm, with an artist talk at 3pm. All ages are welcome, the program, in collaboration with C.X. Silver Gallery, is free and open to the public, and the venue is accessible by wheelchair.

A re-imagined strategic game-as-art, by design, it encourages engagement and connection over division, joy and resilience over aggression and defensiveness. It is a project that transcends the boundaries of any one discipline with research rooted in social psychology related to play, visual communications including principles of advertising and graphic design, game development, digital fabrication, sculptural skills and hand finishing, public art, social practice art and community engagement. 'XOX!' asks: "Can art bring people together to set aside their differences, to sit down and relate respectfully and playfully with each other?' No matter what our belief systems are, let's get together to lighten up and challenge each other to a match where it doesn't matter who wins or loses."

For more information, contact Brooks Memorial Library at 802.254.5290 or visit www.brookslibraryvt.org.

Additional information on Lynn Herring's art can be found at artsy.net/cx-silver-gallery and artsy.net/artist/lynn-herring, and XOX! Share The Love: the back story: https://vimeo.com/519720805

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