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Opening Reception: “In Plain Sight” artworks by Scarlett Hoey & “Redemption” artworks by Jennifer Davis Carey
June 28, 2023 @ 12:00 am - July 10, 2023 @ 3:59 am
Art and history give us an opportunity to encounter the past and grapple with historic injustices. In this two-person exhibit, artworks by Jennifer Davis Carey (Redemption) and Scarlett Hoey (In Plain Sight) focus on people who were enslaved within and outside of the Worcester area. As we reflect on Worcester’s recent 300th anniversary, Tercentenary 2022, how can we think critically about past local and global injustices to advocate for a more just future?
Redemption is a series of portraits in enamel that re-vision and re-interpret daguerreotypes of people held in bondage on agricultural plantations in Columbia, South Carolina. The original daguerreotypes reclaimed in this exhibition were commissioned in 1850 by Louis Agassiz, a professor at Harvard.
In Plain Sight shows the complicity of Worcester County to the transatlantic slave trade through photographs of gravestones and sites, with research linked on The Northeast Slavery Records Index (NESRI (https://nesri.commons.gc.cuny.edu/massachusetts/)).
The exhibit is on view June 28 – July 9. The Worcester PopUp at the JMAC gallery hours are Wednesday – Sunday from 12pm – 4pm.
This program is supported in part by a grant from the Worcester Arts Council, which was made possible with American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Funding from the City of Worcester. The Worcester Arts Council is a local agency, which is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
The Worcester PopUp at the JMAC is a free-to-use, creative co-working space of the Worcester Cultural Coalition and in partnership with The Barr Foundation. This event does not necessarily reflect the views of either organization.
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