Alum Allison Glenn and the Power of Listening
Alum Allison Glenn and the Power of Listening
Alum Allison Glenn and the Power of Listening
Allison Glenn. Photo courtesy of Rana Young
Allison Glenn. Photo courtesy of Rana Young
by Joe Giovannetti
For School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC) alum Allison Glenn (Dual MA 2012), the art of curation is about collaboration. So, when she was asked to helm an exhibition in Louisville, Kentucky, honoring the life of Breonna Taylor, Glenn knew what she needed to do: listen.
Promise, Witness, Remembrance at Louisville’s Speed Art Museum earlier this year. Anchored by a portrait of Taylor by Amy Sherald, the exhibition reflected on Taylor’s life, her killing in 2020, and the local and national protests that ensued in the following year. The three titular words were developed from a conversation with Glenn and Tamika Palmer, Taylor’s mother and as Glenn describes the exhibition’s key stakeholder.
An exhibition to honor the life of Breonna Taylor and the nationwide struggle for racial justice is coming to Louisville s Speed Art Museum.
Following a year defined by the largest racial justice movement in United States history, the exhibition, titled Promise, Witness, Remembrance, will reflect on the life of Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman who was shot and killed by LMPD officers on March 13 during a botched drug raid at her apartment, and the protests that ensued in Louisville for 100-plus days.
Expected to open to the public on April 7 and run through June 6, the exhibit will explore the dualities between a personal, local story and the nation s reflection on the promise, witness, and remembrance of too many Black lives lost to gun violence, according to a news release announcing the planned exhibit.
Speed Art Museum announces new details for Breonna Taylor exhibit. Here s what to expect Andre Toran, Louisville Courier Journal
An exhibition to honor the life of Breonna Taylor and the nationwide struggle for racial justice is coming to Louisville s Speed Art Museum.
Following a year defined by the largest racial justice movement in United States history, the exhibition, titled Promise, Witness, Remembrance, will reflect on the life of Taylor, a 26-year-old Black woman who was shot and killed by LMPD officers on March 13 during a botched drug raid at her apartment, and the protests that ensued in Louisville for 100-plus days.
Speed Art Museum announces new details for Breonna Taylor exhibit Here s what to expect msn.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from msn.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Smithsonian and the Speed Art Museum to Jointly Acquire Amy Sheraldâs Painting of Breonna Taylor
WASHINGTON, D.C. AND LOUISVILLE, Kentucky
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Cover of Vanity Fairâs September 2020 issue, featuring a portrait of Breonna Taylor by Amy Sherald.
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Facilitated by the artist, the museums acquistion follows a $1 million joint donation from the Ford Foundation and the Hearthland Foundation, a nonprofit tied to actress Kate Capshaw and her husband, the director Steven Spielberg. Proceeds will benefit social justice reform initiatives. (NYT)
The Smithsonian s National Museum of African American History and Culture is in talksâ¯with the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky,â¯to jointlyâ¯acquire a painting of Breonna Taylor by Amy Sherald that first appeared on the cover of the September 2020 issue ofâ¯