In Our Galleries: August 1, 2009
A Think Tank Requiem
Opening Reception: Saturday, August 1 at Whitney White Linen Night
ART-IN-ME-MO-RI-AM, a three-window light-work installation by KRISTEN STRUEBING-BEAZLEY, will illuminate the August anniversary of Hurricane Katrina in the Saint Joseph Street windows of the Contemporary Arts Center. Incorporating backlit text from the poem "Requiem" by Yusef Komunyakaa set into outlines of double shotgun houses, the work is embellished with motifs relevant to "Requiem" and the black and white tragedy of the South. Symbolic elements include floating specters and rib cages, unhinged shutters, a galloping surge, classical Bacchus and native Zulu icons and a geometric representation of death in the attic. The windows will transition as the DAY OF THE DEAD approaches in early November.
Gallery hours are Thursday through Sunday, 11am-4pm.
Gallery admission: $5/general, $3/students & seniors, FREE To CAC members.
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Visual Arts programs of the Contemporary Arts Center are supported by the Sydney & Walda Besthoff Foundation and the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.
The Entergy KidsFree Gallery is funded in part by the Frederick R. Weisman Foundation.
Support for the Contemporary Arts Center comes from the CAC's Business Arts Fund members, our major supporters, and by the generous support of our members.
