Opening Celebration: Elegy Quilts + Some American Dreams

At left: Jesse Krimes, Red Eagle, 2020. Antique quilt, used clothing collected from incarcerated people, assorted textiles. © Jesse Krimes. Courtesy of the artist and Jack Shainman Gallery, New York; At right: Tim Rollins and KOS, in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia. Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl (After Harriet Jacobs) (installation view), 1999. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño.

Be among the first to experience two new exhibitions that address the complexities of American life:

Jesse Krimes: Elegy Quilts features selections from the artist’s ongoing body of work that renders the personal effects of the U.S. carceral system through portraits of domestic spaces. This exhibition debuts Riverside, a newly commissioned quilt informed by Krimes’s work with Mural Arts Philadelphia’s Restorative Justice program.

Some American Dreams explores a polyphony of American experiences and histories shaped by hybridity, friction, and affinity. Featuring works by 20 past Artists-in-Residence, the projects reimagine symbols of nationhood and belonging, critique ongoing legacies of inequity, and offer expansive visions of kinship and community.

Light refreshments served.