Normando Ismay
Normando Ismay creates work in metalsmithing, sculpture, painting, installation art, storytelling, performance, and theater. Argentinian by birth, Ismay has been exhibited in many galleries across the South. He is widely beloved as Papa Bizzoso. Ismay is a contributor to Stories from Alternate ROOTS: It'll Take Some Tellin'.
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Stories from Alternate ROOTS: It'll Take Some Tellin'
Written by more than 50 contributors, Stories from Alternate ROOTS chronicles the origins and fifty-year journey of a nonprofit arts organization that began in 1976. Bringing together interviews, poems, illustrations and essays, both personal and analytical, the diverse stories touch on a wide range of lessons, philosophies, issues and themes including the transformative power of community arts, democratic leadership, racial and gender equity, and navigating organizational and generational change.
