March 18, 2021. 4PM CT.
Bisa Butler, an interdisciplinary textile
artist whose works showcase personal and historical narratives of
African-Americans, gave the Ruth Ketterer Harris Lecture virtually Thursday,
March 18. The acclaimed artist, who currently has her first solo museum exhibition at the Art Institute
of Chicago, introduced her work and conversed with Gianofer Fields, the Producer-in-Residence at the
UW Center for Design and Material Culture.
Special thanks to the Art
Institute of Chicago for allowing us to screen their video (also found here) of Butler's exhibition with AIC in collaboration with the
Katonah Museum of Art, Bisa Butler: Portraits.
Since 1992, the Helen Louise Allen Textile
Collection has proudly sponsored an annual lecture series in honor of Ruth
Ketterer Harris, the collection’s first curator. The lecture series has
featured a diverse range of specialists with broad public appeal including
textile historians, contemporary artists, museum curators, scholars, and
collectors―all of whom have contributed to an enhanced understanding and
appreciation of textiles. The Harris Lecture is free and open to the public.
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speakers.