What are the many conversations a work of art can incite? What do we experience when we sink into the red hues of Brittney Leeanne Williams’s Our Horizon (2019), and what do we feel when witnessing the regurgitation in Wangechi Mutu’s All the Way Up, All the Way Out (2012)? In this online workshop, we will practice unpacking and articulating our varied experiences as we virtually interact with some of the artworks featured in Plural Possibilities & the Female Body. We will engage in art writing that stages conversations between the artists, the art pieces, the world, and you–the viewers.

Join Associate Curator of Collections Dr. Ann Poulson for an online interactive conversation featuring installation photography and video of Illustrating Injustice: The Power of Print. Highlighting the power of printed material to communicate social and systemic injustices, the exhibition features work by French lithographer Honoré Daumier (1808–1879, Marseille, France) and American photographer Danny Lyon (b. 1942, New York, NY), as well as a selection of late twentieth-century prison newsletters from the Washington Prison History Project archives. We invite you to join Dr.

Most art is not fully original; artists draw inspiration from other art and the world around them. Some artists, however, take it one step further by co-opting imagery intentionally for their own various purposes. Whether it be in reference, irreverence, or an act of reclaiming, these artists have used imagery many of us may recognize to shine a new or different light on their reference (or source?) material. Re/frame is a recurring program that delves into the Henry's extensive collection, highlighting a different group of objects each month.

Humans have yet to figure out how to control the weather—we just enjoy it or endure it as best we can. A rainstorm might provide a chance to stay inside and read, or go out to splash in puddles. Or, it might cause a major flood that threatens crops, homes, and lives. How we react to and interact with weather tells us a lot about ourselves as individuals and cultures.

In this performance reading, artist duo Bambitchell continue their exploration of the legal frameworks that govern non-human animals and objects, moving from the territorial jurisdictions explored in their film Bugs & Beasts Before the Law (2019), to the legal realm of the sea. Dolphins, ships and other vessels is a polyvocal narrative that spans bodies of water.

There is no one way to love, or only one true kind of love, but a beautiful range and variety that enrich our lives. Artists have long taken this for a theme, capturing spontaneous expressions of affection and exploring new ways to convey the complex sentiment in all its forms. Join Dr. Ann Poulson, the Henry’s Associate Curator of Collections, as we discuss some of the examples in the Henry’s collection! Re/frame is a recurring program that delves into the Henry's extensive collection, highlighting a different group of objects each month.

The Henry is delighted to welcome Deborah Willis as a Monsen Photography Lecture speaker. This lecture series brings key makers and thinkers in photographic practice to the Henry. Named after Dr.

Set in Motion is the Henry’s first city-wide public art exhibition, organized by Shamim M. Momin, Director of Curatorial Affairs. This multi-artist project asks what it looks like to mobilize art and encourage community engagement under lockdown and while socially distanced. How do creative communities respond or adapt to shifting or exacerbated spatial and financial constraints? What is the role of public art now? Joined in conversation are four of the ten Set in Motion artists, Marin Burnett, Amir H.

Fermented Face is a workshop that uses facial massage and a guided meditation to ask questions about bodily borders, ideas of porosity and contamination, and the importance of touch in these contemporary times. Participants will be mailed a small vial of artist-made salve with live microorganisms and will massage this into their face or another part of their body according to guided instructions. After the meditation, participants will journal and share aspects of their experience. Once registered for this event, please email your preferred shipping address to ians@henryart.org.

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