EVENTS
TEACHING WITH ART: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AMBER PIERCE¬
Amber Pierce. Courtesy of the artist.
TEACHING WITH ART: ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AMBER PIERCE
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
5:00 PM
VIRGINIA MOCA
Join us for Teaching with Art at Virginia MOCA, part of a free professional development series created for educators of all grade levels and subject areas.
This program, focusing on our current exhibitions Kara Walker: Cut to the Quick and LaToya M. Hobbs: Flourish, aims to equip teachers with helpful tools for using contemporary artwork in their curriculum and classrooms.
We will be joined by one of Virginia MOCA’s Atrium Artists in Residence, Amber Pierce, as she shares how these exhibitions have influenced her own artistic practice.
Free; registration required.
EXHIBITION
Kara Walker: Cut to the Quick From the Collections of Jordan D. Schnitzer and His Family Foundation
MAIN GALLERY
A leading artist of her generation, Kara Walker (b. 1969) works in a range of mediums, including prints, drawings, paintings, sculpture, film, and the large-scale silhouette cutouts for which she is perhaps most recognized. Her powerful and provocative images employ contradictions to critique the painful legacies of slavery, sexism, violence, imperialism, and other power structures, including those in the history and hierarchies of art and contemporary culture.