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Art Conversations & Cocktails
WED, AUG 20, 5:30-7 PM
Joslyn Members: $20; General Public: $30; registration required; walk-ins accepted as space allows . Register here.
Join us for casual, engaging evenings with Made in the Plains artists and curators, held in July, August, and September. Each month, two artists will discuss thematic and material connections between their work and artistic practices. Each program will begin with social time, followed by a 6 pm conversation moderated by a curator. Price includes a signature cocktail or mocktail, appetizers, and an exhibition ticket.
AUG 20: Lauren Simpson and Sarah Rowe create participatory experiences and performances that ask people to engage and reconsider our relationships to space and each other.
All dates: Jul 16, Aug 20, and Sep 17
About the Artists:
Lauren Simpson
Choreographer and educator Lauren Simpson conceives site-specific performances that emphasize collaboration across disciplines and call attention to the relationships among movement, sound, and space. Her work explores the intersection of bodies and objects, emphasizing the materiality of the body and the agency of things. She hosts a monthly movement workshop called Horseplay which explores improvisational play, contact improvisation, and movement scores. Discoveries from these workshops inform the choreographic direction for her work in Made in the Plains. Lauren Simpson lives and works in Omaha, Nebraska. To learn more, visit laurensimpsondance.com, @laurensimpsondance.
Sarah Rowe
Working across painting, textile, and performance, Sarah Rowe takes an unconventional approach to traditional media and cultural practices. Reimagining Indigenous symbology and ceremony, Rowe populates her work with shape-shifting creatures and motifs drawn from the cosmos. Rowe frames her practice as a call to action, encouraging viewers to participate in reshaping long-held perceptions of Native communities. Sarah Rowe lives and works in Omaha, Nebraska. To learn more, @lady.wink.