Melvin Edwards Brighter Days (in-person)
Thursday, October 28, 5-6 PM (EST)
$15 Artists & Students, $25 Adults
Join us for an in-person art outing! We’ll visit Melvin Edwards: Brighter Days (May 4—November 28, 2021) installation at City Hall Park, New York City to experience the work firsthand and engage in conversation. Edwards exhibits six sculptures that feature chains at the site of the African Burial Ground, a colonial-era cemetery for enslaved and freed Africans. The public artwork transforms the urban landscape into a sobering reminder of the city’s dark history. We will continue the conversation with an informal gathering to follow.
Melvin Edwards (b. 1937, Houston; lives/works: New York City) creates sculpture and public artworks that address issues of race, labor, and diaspora. His work in Melvin Edwards: Brighter Days is currently on view at City Hall Park (May 4—November 28, 2021).
Two educators, Angela Garcia and Maya Jeffereis, will guide participants in looking closely at works of art and dive deep into conversation. Come open to sharing your responses to the works, learning something you perhaps didn’t know, and meaningfully connecting with others.
Angela Garcia is an independent art historian and educator with 20 years of experience creating and leading engaging experiences and conversations with art. She has lectured and facilitated conversations at The Museum of Modern Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, El Museo del Barrio, Morris Jumel Mansion among other academic, and cultural institutions.
Maya Jeffereis is a Brooklyn-based artist, educator, and museum consultant with 15 years of experience working in the arts. She believes art offers us the opportunity to deeply know ourselves, to think critically about the world around us, and to meaningfully connect with others. Maya has taught at The Museum of Modern Art, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, The Shed, and Hunter College, among other institutions.
Where: City Hall Park, New York, NY. We will send meeting instructions upon registration.
*Weather and Covid safety permitting.
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