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Opening Reception: Sacred Space – Brandywine Workshop & Archives Exhibition

Join us from 6:30-8:30p.m. on Friday, September 20 in the Walsh Gallery and Quick Center for the Arts’ Lobby for the opening reception of our new exhibition Sacred Space: A Brandywine Workshop and Archives Print Exhibition, which will be on view through December 21 (for more information on the exhibition, click here). In addition to our usual wine and cheese, the opening reception will feature poetry reading by Iyaba Ibo Mandingo. To register for the opening conversation with guest curator…

when

September 20, 2024 @ 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm

where

1073 North Benson Road
Fairfield, CT 06824 United States

cost

Free

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Fairfield University Art Museum

203.254.4000 ext. 2726

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Join us from 6:30-8:30p.m. on Friday, September 20 in the Walsh Gallery and Quick Center for the Arts’ Lobby for the opening reception of our new exhibition Sacred Space: A Brandywine Workshop and Archives Print Exhibition, which will be on view through December 21 (for more information on the exhibition, click here).
In addition to our usual wine and cheese, the opening reception will feature poetry reading by Iyaba Ibo Mandingo.
To register for the opening conversation with guest curator Juanita Sunday and nico w. okoro, please click here. The lecture will be followed by a movement performance by Lauren Horn.

Image: Mikel Elam, Veil, 2019, offset lithograph, screenprint. Partial gift of the Brandywine Workshop and Archives and Museum Purchase with funds from the Black Art Fund, 2022 (2022.17.13) © Mikel Elam

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