Opening Reception for Tracing Slavery
Fri, Oct 22
|Carlisle
Join The Trout Gallery for an opening reception!
Time & Location
Oct 22, 2021, 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Carlisle, Emil R. Weiss Center for the Arts, 240 W High St, Carlisle, PA 17013, USA
About the Event
Join us for the opening reception of Tracing Slavery, a two-part exhibition featuring artists Moses Williams and Kara Walker. This event is free and open to the public!
This event is FREE and open to the public. Tickets to enter The Trout Gallery will be given on a first-come, first serve basis due to COVID-19 protocols.
Moses Williams: Silhouettes
October 22, 2021 - January 22, 2022
Moses Williams (1777-c. 1825) was a prolific silhouette artist and former slave who worked for Charles Willson Peale, the early-American portraitist, naturalist, and museum founder. Williams cut silhouette portraits of guests to Peale’s museum in Philadelphia as a memento of their visit. The black and white portraits made by Williams are striking in that they represent the white, powerful elite of the early nineteenth century, many of whom were slave holders. Among the sitters in this selection is Dr. James Hunter Fayssoux, a friend of the Peales who was likely studying medicine in Philadelphia with Dr. Benjamin Rush.
Kara Walker: Harper's Pictorial History of the Civil War (Annotated)
October 22, 2021 -…