Jessie Henson Artist Talk & Gallery Preview

Thu, Feb 12, 6 pm
(Drinks available for purchase in The Durham Cafe before and after the program.)

Artist Talk in Abbott Hall; General Public: $10; Joslyn Members: Free; registration required; walk-ins accepted as space allows. Register here. 

Join us for a conversation with artist Jessie Henson and Karin Campbell, Phil Willson Curator of Contemporary Art and the principal curator for the Riley Contemporary Artists Project Gallery. Beginning at 5 pm, Museum visitors also will have a chance to preview Henson’s Riley CAP Gallery exhibition, which features a selection of sewn paper works in vibrant colors, alongside several small bronze casts made from found embroideries that nod to her interest in the possibilities of thread. 

Image: Jessie Henson (American, b. 1977), On the Line VI, 2024, polyester and rayon thread on paper, framed: 48 1/4 × 33 15/16 × 3 1/2 in. (122.6 × 86.4 × 8.9 cm), © Jessie Henson, Courtesy the artist and Broadway Gallery, New York