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Elizabeth Catlett: Art for Social Justice Opening
March 11, 2015 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Free
Elizabeth Catlett: Art for Social Justice will be exhibiting at the LaSalle University Art Museum from March 11-June 5, 2015. Also exhibiting Mexican People: Lithographs of the Taller de Gráfica Popular.
The Opening Reception for both exhibitions will take place on Wednesday,March 11, 2015, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Immediately preceding the Opening Reception, Dr. Scarborough and Dr. Moriuchi will give a Curators’ Introduction to the exhibitions at 4 p.m.
This exhibition features 24 prints, mixed media, and sculptures byElizabeth Catlett (1915-2012), an African American/Mexican artist whose works often addressed themes of social justice. Many of the artworks illustrate Catlett’s concern for equal rights for African Americans as well as indigenous Mexicans; affirm Black identity, motherhood, and family; and celebrate a future of miscegenation and racial harmony. Some also address the rights of all humans to have access to basic needs such as food and literacy.
Other programs include the following:
•On March 25 at 3 p.m.an Explorer Café entitled“Art and Community: Do Artists and Museums have a Social Responsibility?”presented by Miranda Clark-Binder, Curator of Education and Public Programs and Mey-Yen Moriuchi, Ph.D.
•April 20 at 12 noon John Ittmann, Curator of Prints at the Philadelphia Museum of Art,and Peter Schneider, an independent scholar and collector of Mexican prints, will present a lecture entitled “The Taller de Gráfica Popular and the Mexican People Portfolio. “
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The La Salle University Art Museum is located on the lower level of Olney Hall on the campus of La Salle University at 19th Street and Olney Avenue.
Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday.
The Art Museum will also be open
from 12 noon to 3 p.m. on the following Saturdays:
April 11,April 18, and May 16.
Admission is free, though donations are accepted.