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Fall 2022 Opening Reception

September 17, 2022 @ 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm

Celebrate the opening of two exhibitions, Metamorphoses: Highlights from the Permanent Collection and To Survive on This Shore: Photographs and Interviews with transgender and Gender Nonconforming Older Adults by Jess T. Dugan and Vanessa Fabbre, on Saturday September 17 from 12 p.m to 5 p.m. 

Program schedule:

12pm: Drop in family art activities & scavenger hunt

2p.m. – Metamorphoses Exhibition Tour

Walk through the exhibition with the curators and several artists featured in Metamorphoses including Jan Gilbert, Cynthia Scott, Melissa Turner Drumm, and Michel Varisco.

3p.m. – Jess T. Dugan Artist Talk

Learn about Jess T. Dugan’s portraits featured in To Survive on This Shore, created in collaboration with Vanessa Fabbre. Dugan will discuss how the years-long project took shape, the impetus behind it, and how it continues to have impact today.

4 p.m. – Reception continues with food and refreshments.

 

Image credits:

Pictured left: Jess T. Dugan. Duchess Milan, 69, Los Angeles, CA, (detail) 2017. Pigment Print. Courtesy of Barrett Barrera Projects and the artist

Pictured right: Michel Varisco. Trôleuse, (detail) 2019, from the series King Tides. Dye-sublimated photographic print on aluminum. Gift of an anonymous donor.

 

Details

Date:
September 17, 2022
Time:
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
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Venue

Newcomb Art Museum
Woldenberg Art Center
New Orleans, LA 70118 United States
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Phone
(504) 865-5328

Details

Date:
September 17, 2022
Time:
12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Event Categories:
, , , ,

Venue

Newcomb Art Museum
Woldenberg Art Center
New Orleans, LA 70118 United States
+ Google Map
Phone
(504) 865-5328