holdfast \hōl(d),fast\ n.
1 a.: a part by which a plant clings to a flat surface

holdfast \hōl(d),fast\ n.
1 b.: an organ by which a parasitic animal attaches itself to its host

holdfast \hōl(d),fast\ n.
2 a.: something to which something else may be attached

holdfast \hōl(d),fast\ n.
2 b.: a restraint that holds something in place

holdfast

a photo exhibit on display at gallery-café SO.ZO
473 High Street
Morgantown, West Virginia.
30. April, 2008 through 25. June, 2008
8am-4pm M-F


Randi Ward
is a poet and photographer
born and raised in West Virginia.
The photo exhibit "holdfast"
is her way of problematizing the intense
socioeconomic discourses and dynamics
of WV in terms of the architecture
and flora located within a one-mile radius
of WVU’s Downtown Campus.

www.randiward.com
randi@randiward.com


10% of the proceeds from "holdfast"
will benefit the Appalachian Prison Book Project,
whose central mission is to distribute books
free of charge to women and men
currently serving time in West Virginia's prisons.

For more information about
the Appalachian Prison Book Project,
please write to:

P.O. Box 601
Morgantown, WV
26507

appalachianpbp@gmail.com

An additional 10% of the proceeds from "holdfast" will benefit Nólsoy Elementary and Middle School on the island of Nólsoy, Faroe Islands.