Three Exhibitions Open at deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum in April
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Sonya Clark, in collaboration with The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia. Woven replica of the Confederate Flag of Truce, 2019. Photo credit: Carlos Avendaño
Monumental Cloth, The Flag We Should Know
Lincoln, MA - deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum is pleased to announce three new exhibitions, on view April 10 â September 12, 2021. Large-scale, immersive works by the textile artist Sonya Clark will be on view in Sonya Clark: Heavenly Bound, which Clark developed specially for deCordova, and Sonya Clark: Monumental Cloth, The Flag We Should Know, organized by The Fabric Workshop and Museum in Philadelphia. Concurrent with both Sonya Clark presentations, the collection-based exhibition, What We Do in the Shadows, examines the dynamics of visibility and marginalization in political activism.
In OverTime, that backdrop is Philadelphia, where users currently can take a self-guided tour of the art museum area narrated by local poet Ursula Rucker.
To participate, users can head to the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art where the tour begins. Scanning the ground with a phone prompts Rucker to appear on the app. User can select one of three tour options, including one that tells the story of the Rocky statue and other public memorials.
Users also can take the tours remotely from wherever they please an option intended to include people who cannot access the area or wish to avoid crowds for public health reasons.
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BENNINGTON â Odili Donald Odita, an abstract painter who received his master of fine arts from Bennington College in 1990, has joined the collegeâs board of trustees.
Odita was born in Enugu, Nigeria and lives and works in Philadelphia. He is an abstract painter exploring color both in the figurative historical context and in the sociopolitical sense.
In addition to general trustee duties, Odita will serve on the collegeâs education and community life committee.
âOditaâs creative, professional and sociopolitical expertise will be an immeasurable asset to our work,â said board chair Nick Stephens. âWe look forward to working with him as we continue to strengthen Benningtonâs position in higher education.â