Join us for an evening with composer and artist Lyra Pramuk, the first in a series of performances held within the immersive installation Donna Huanca: MAGMA SLIT. Lyra’s set will take place on an auxiliary stage that Huanca designed for other artists to share their ideas on transcendence, meditation, and transformation. Lyra’s presence extends the long-term collaborative relationship and dialogue between the two artists.

How do materials exemplify different socio-cultural meanings and values? How are our cultures and identities expressed through pattern and self-styling? Inspired by the textile works of Derrick Adams in Packaged Black: Derrick Adams and Barbara Earl Thomas, designers Corinn Bleck and Jáiz Boyd will guide ArtVentures participants to create visual narratives of identity through the use of pattern and different combinations of textiles. Jaiz and Corinn will engage participants in hands-on activities, sewing tutorials, and discussions on the history of sewing and sustainable textile practices.

Childhood is idyllic and brutal; it passes quickly but can feel never-ending. Experiences of childhood vary significantly according to one’s family situation and culture, and expectations of children and their formative years have changed significantly over time. Join us to see how some of the artists in the Henry’s collection have represented children and childhood. Re/frame is a recurring program that delves into the Henry's extensive collection, highlighting a different group of objects each month. Join us for group discussions and the opportunity to see art rarely on public view.

ONE OF THREE EVENTS MARKING THE CLOSE OF EL SUEÑO: THE FLOWERS THAT BLOOM ON APR 9. In conjunction with the closing weekend of EL SUEÑO: THE FLOWERS THAT BLOOM, we hope you will join us for EL SUEÑO Healing Day. Imagined and developed by EL SUEÑO, a dance company that uses ancestral and familial ties as the driving force for their work, this series of programs features the work and knowledge of four Mexican-American artists and healing practitioners.

In conjunction with the closing weekend of EL SUEÑO: THE FLOWERS THAT BLOOM, we hope you will join us for EL SUEÑO Healing Day. Imagined and developed by EL SUEÑO, a dance company that uses ancestral and familial ties as the driving force for their work, this series of programs features the work and knowledge of four Mexican-American artists and healing practitioners.

In conjunction with the closing weekend of EL SUEÑO: THE FLOWERS THAT BLOOM, we hope you will join us for EL SUEÑO Healing Day. Imagined and developed by EL SUEÑO, a dance company that uses ancestral and familial ties as the driving force for their work, this series of programs features the work and knowledge of four Mexican-American artists and healing practitioners.

How can our bodies help us understand or imagine how liberation looks and feels? Join dance artist Cheryl Delostrinos for this intergenerational movement workshop in conversation with Donna Huanca: Magma Slit. Huanca’s installation is a complete sensory experience, evoking slippages of space and time that invite participants to both find and lose themselves, thus creating the conditions for liberatory meditation. Pausing within these slippages, Delostrinos will guide participants to celebrate the beautiful shapes, woven complexities, and hardworking vessels of our bodies.

Join us for a conversation between ektor garcia and Henry Curator Nina Bozicnik in conjunction with the opening of ektor garcia: matéria prima. Together they will discuss the development of the exhibition, the traditions that inspire garcia’s materials and methods, and how questions of labor and metamorphosis guide his creative vision. ektor garcia earned a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a MFA from Columbia University.

In conjunction with the closing of Math Bass’s a picture stuck in the mirror and the performance if I could sing you back (featuring Bass and collaborator Eden Batki), the Henry will feature three of Bass’s short films that resonate with the exhibition. The films will be on view on a continuous loop for a limited time, March 5 - 6, in the Henry auditorium. Drop in anytime or view them directly before the performances! ABOUT THE ARTIST Math Bass earned their BA from Hampshire College and MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles.

Math Bass ushered in the opening of a picture stick in the mirror with a performance in which they embodied and mimed the mechanics of the exhibition’s concealed kinetic sculpture through movement and vocalization, enhancing the sculpture’s suggestion of continual presence. On the occasion of the exhibition’s closing, Bass will be returning to the Henry to extend and develop the original performance with collaborator Eden Bakti.