Description
Join us for a Meet the Artist program with Van Lier Community Trust Fellows Tarik Jeremiah Brown and Camille Cooper. At 2PM, Brown will discuss his site-responsive installation, Hush Harbor, which transforms the Sunroom into a contemporary, antebellum hush harbor—a secret gathering place of refuge and worship for enslaved people--through sculpture, moving image, and sound. This project draws on themes of Black survival and faith, exploring ideas related to embodied belief and the relationship between spirit and land. At 3PM, Cooper will discuss his Sun Porch exhibition, SHOWPIECE, which takes up entomological study as a metaphor for the ways trans and gender-variant people are scrutinized and classified by society. Cooper transforms the Sun Porch into an insectarium full of sculptural bugs contextual to the grounds of Wave Hill, fabricated from the packaging of hormone replacement therapy and other trans ephemera. This afternoon program includes conversations with the exhibiting artists and the activation of works on display. Meet the Artist is an ongoing series of conversations between exhibiting artists, the curatorial team, and sometimes invited guests at Wave Hill. As part of the Sunroom Project Space, this program is designed collaboratively with the artists and takes various forms. Meet the Artist offers visitors, the artist's community, and others an opportunity to gain insight into the artist's creative process and the themes present in their work. Registration encouraged but not required, online or by calling 718.549.3200 x251.
