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One of those “only at NYU” experiences: getting to see Woody Guthrie’s daughter and granddaughter react to a student-curated exhibition about his art and activism 🥹 "Woody Guthrie: What This Guitar Might Do” highlights Guthrie’s years in New York and offers a portrait of a prolific and multidisciplinary artist who used music, writing, and visual art to honor working people and fight for economic justice, equality, and social change. Nora Guthrie (Woody’s daughter) and Anna Canoni (Woody’s granddaughter) stopped by recently to chat with visitors about his life and legacy. “How do you want to be proactive and engage as a citizen in this world?” they asked. “What is your instrument of change? The exhibition, which was curated by a group of NYU students in collaboration with Canoni, features more than 130 reproductions of cartoons, photographs, posters, and archival materials from the Woody Guthrie Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. It’s a collaboration between the center, Woody Guthrie Publications, and NYU’s new Arts & Impact Initiative. You can visit “Woody Guthrie” at the Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music gallery at 370 Jay Street in Brooklyn through May 15. Learn about panels and concerts in the space: https://bit.ly/4vD9e8o 📹 : Video by Carly Thompson and David Song

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