# Event Details

- **Event Name**: Louder Than Silence
- **Event Start and End Date**: Thu, 07 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Thu, 07 May, 2026 at 07:30 pm
- **Event Description**: Join us for an evening of spoken word poetry and performance responding to featured spring exhibition Rodney McMillian: A Son of the Soil. Emceed by Columbia’s poet laureate, Jennifer Bartell Boykin, this live program brings together poets and performance artists whose work engages directly with the exhibition’s explorations of labor, power, and value, and the ways race, class, and gender shape access to the so-called American Dream. 

Selected artists present original works that reflect on lived experience, invisible labor, economic survival, and the tension between aspiration and reality. Language becomes both medium and method, used as a tool for resistance, disruption, and truth-telling in response to McMillian’s practice. 

Free as part of Free First Thursday at the CMA. Attendees are encouraged to visit the exhibition prior to the program. This program is supported by Art Bridges Access for All Program and Lexington Health.
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Interested artists are invited to submit original work for consideration through the online submission form by April 7 at 5:00 p.m. 

Please note: submission does not guarantee a performance slot. Selected performers will be notified the week of April 13.  
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Can we assist you with accommodations for accessibility during your visit? Please let us know at 803-799-2810 or info@columbiamuseum.org.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/columbia/louder-than-silence/200029975143536
- **Event Categories**: art, exhibitions, literary-art, performances, sports, workshops, health-wellness, entertainment, spoken-word
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 30

## Ticket Details


## Event venue details

- **city**: Columbia
- **state**: SC
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Columbia Museum of Art
- **lat**: 34.006
- **long**: -81.03621
- **full address**: Columbia Museum of Art, 1515 Main Street,Columbia,SC,United States

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When and where is Louder Than Silence being held?
  - **A:** Louder Than Silence takes place on Thu, 07 May, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Thu, 07 May, 2026 at 07:30 pm at Columbia Museum of Art, 1515 Main Street,Columbia,SC,United States.
- **Q**: Who is organizing Louder Than Silence?
  - **A:** Louder Than Silence is organized by Columbia Museum of Art.
- **Q**: Who is this event for? Is it right for me?
  - **A:** Louder Than Silence is ideal for art lovers, collectors, creatives, and anyone inspired by visual arts, installations, and exhibitions. Whether you're a first-time attendee or a longtime enthusiast in Columbia, this event is thoughtfully curated to deliver a standout experience worth every moment. If Louder Than Silence sounds like your kind of event, don't wait - spots fill up fast.

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