Eagle Times Staff
STOWE, Vt. — The Current has announced a series of Gallery Engagement events aligned with the summer and fall exhibitions, “Taking Time: A solo exhibition by Chakaia Booker and Climate Imprints.”
These public programming events offer the local and more global community of visitors a series of opportunities to learn, explore, discover and engage with exhibition themes. Presenters have been invited based on their professional experience and capacity to inspire a curious audience. All listed events will be hosted from 5 to 6:30 p.m., onsite at The Current and are presented free to the public.
“Currently Speaking: How to Start an Art Collection – A Transformative Talk for Aspiring Collectors” will be presented by London curator Carrie Scott on Thursday, July 25. This talk is for art enthusiasts and collectors starting their journey. Carrie Scott, a curator with expertise in contemporary art, will provide insights and advice on identifying personal tastes and navigating the art market.
“Currently Speaking: Overlooked Women in Art – A Lecture Celebrating Forgotten Female Artists,” will be presented by London curator, Carrie Scott on Thursday, Aug. 15. Join this talk for an enlightening lecture dedicated to illuminating female artists’ often forgotten and underappreciated contributions throughout history.
“Currently Speaking: Poetry and Consciousness,” will be presented by Bianca Stone, 2024 Vermont poet laureate on Thursday, Sept. 12. A poetry reading will be followed by a talk discussing how poetry uniquely situates language as a medium in which to illuminate a much greater consciousness, accessing complex psychical relations between people, nature, the cosmos and the unknowable.
“Currently Speaking: Artist Talk,” will be presented by exhibiting artists, Chakaia Booker and Justin Sanz on Thursday, Oct. 17. Booker and Sanz will discuss their respective artistic practices, the history of the EFA Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop where Chakaia creates her prints and Sanz is the Master Printmaker, and their work with EFA RBPMW.
Stop by this summer and view “Taking Time: A solo exhibition by Chakaia Booker.” Internationally renowned multidisciplinary artist Chakaia Booker is best known for pioneering the use of recycled rubber tires as a raw material for monumental sculptural works. A fixture of the New York City East Village art scene since the early 1980s, Booker has exhibited across the U.S., in Europe, Africa and Asia, with works included in more than 40 museum and private collections.
Also view the “Climate Imprints” exhibition. From lithographs to embroidered screenprints to woodcuts, The Current presents “Climate Imprints,” curated by three master printmakers of the highly acclaimed EFA Blackburn Printmaking Workshop, Chakaia Booker, Tara Sabharwal, and Justin Sanz. Artists include John Andrews, Chakaia Booker, Edward Fausty, Anna Fiacco, Rie Hasegawa, Essye Klempner, Shervone Neckles, Mohammad Omar Khalil, Tara Sabharwal, Justin Sanz, Sarah Sears, Yasuyo Tanaka, Ethan Tate.
For more information, visit thecurrentnow.org.
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