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Terry Evans Artist Talk

Name: Terry Evans Artist Talk
Start: 2026-07-23T18:00:00.000Z
End: 2026-07-23T19:00:00.000Z
Location: The Joslyn Art Museum

Thu Jul 23, 6PM–7PM

Thu, Jul 23, 6 pm* (cash bar at 5 pm)

General Public: $10; Joslyn Members: free; pre-registration required here; walk-in accepted as space allows; registration includes admission to Through the Lens.

Join us for an artist talk with Terry Evans, whose work is featured in Through the Lens: American Photographs from the Carter Collection. Evans grew up in Kansas and since the 1970s, has focused her lens on the Great Plains. Through her deep engagement with prairies, Evans has attended to subjects such as evolving rural economies and lifeways, conservation, and industrial development. Evans will speak about her photographic practice and then be joined in conversation by Elise Armani, The Joslyn’s Assistant Curator of Twentieth-Century Art.

*Pre-Artist Talk Discovery Garden Tours
4 pm, 4:30 pm, and 5 pm
Free, drop-in program; meet at the outdoor Entry Plaza, near the Main Entrance.

About Terry Evans

Combining both aerial and ground photography, Terry Evans photographs the intricate and complex relationships between land and people, especially advocating for the land itself and with local people who experience environmental injustice. Among other stories of prairies, she has photographed Kansas and Illinois ancient prairies, North Dakota oil boom, and southeast Chicago environmental justice issues.

Image photo credit: SAM EVANS

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