Join us for an outdoor screening of the film Concrete Flowers (2019) at Occidental Square. This is a complementary work on the occasion of the exhibition Naomi Fisher: Thermodynamic Flower.

Elaine Cameron-Weir, whose exhibition STAR CLUB REDEMPTION BOOTH is on view at the Henry, leads a participatory experiment in poetics alongside Associate Professor Amaranth Borsuk.

Join Associate Curator of Collections Dr. Ann Poulson and Anya Kivarkis, Professor and Area Head of Jewelry and Metalsmithing at the University of Oregon in Eugene, to take a close look at some fine examples of jewelry in the Henry’s permanent collection. A question and answer session and casual discussion, in which everyone is invited to participate, will follow the presentation.

Join Associate Curator of Collections Dr. Ann Poulson and Professor Benjamin Schmidt to take a close look at some fine examples of ceramics in the Henry’s permanent collection. A question and answer session and casual discussion, in which everyone is invited to participate, will follow the presentation.

Join Associate Curator of Collections Dr. Ann Poulson and Julia Harrison, a studio artist and anthropologist specializing in sculpture, jewelry, and carving, to take a close look at some fine examples of jewelry in the Henry’s permanent collection. A question and answer session and casual discussion, in which everyone is invited to participate, will follow the presentation.

Join Associate Curator of Collections Dr. Ann Poulson and Dr. Susan Gaylard, Associate Professor of Italian Studies, to take a close look at some fine examples of clothing and textiles in the Henry’s permanent collection. A question and answer session and casual discussion, in which everyone is invited to participate, will follow the presentation.

Join Associate Curator of Collections Dr. Ann Poulson and Professor Jamie Walker to take a close look at some fine examples of the ceramics in the Henry’s permanent collection. A question and answer session and casual discussion, in which everyone is invited to participate, will follow the presentation.

In Everlasting Stranger, New York-based choreographer and writer Will Rawls (b. 1978, Boston, MA) activates relationships between language, dance, and image through the fragmentary medium of stop-motion animation. In his installation, time and movement slow as a live, automated camera photographs the frame-by-frame actions of four dancers.

The Henry and Jack Straw Cultural Center are pleased to partner to commission a three-part series of audio artworks, to be released free and online throughout the summer of 2021. The participating artists were invited to consider the theme of place, and its unique resonance throughout the pandemic, to offer directed sonic experiences for listeners wherever they might find themselves. Participating artists are Byron Au Yong (b. 1971, Pittsburgh, PA), Chenoa Egawa (b. 1964, Ellensburg, WA), and Bill Lowe (b. 1946, Pittsburgh, PA) and Naima Lowe (b.

We are excited to welcome Ishmael Butler, of Shabazz Palaces and Digable Planets, for the second of three artist residencies to activate Gary Simmons: The Engine Room.