Creative Aging Artwork Discussion

Creative Aging Artwork Discussion

in partnership with the Northwest African American Museum

Join Valencia Carroll, Teaching Artist with the Frye Art Museum, for a virtual guided artwork discussion designed for older adults, including those living with dementia. This Creative Aging program is presented in conjunction with the exhibition Romare Bearden: Abstraction on view at the Frye from June 25 through September 18, 2022. The discussion will last one hour. Live captioning is available. 
 

Presented in partnership with the Northwest Museum of African American Art.  

Romare Bearden: Abstraction is organized by the American Federation of Arts and the Neuberger Museum of Art of Purchase College, State University of New York. The exhibition is curated by Tracy Fitzpatrick, Director, Neuberger Museum of Art.

 

The national tour of Romare Bearden: Abstraction is sponsored by Morgan Stanley.

 

The presentation at the Frye Art Museum is organized by Georgia Erger, Associate Curator. Generous support for the installation at the Frye is provided by the City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture, the Frye Foundation, and Frye Members. Media sponsorship is provided by The Seattle Times.

 

Creative Aging Artwork Discussion

in partnership with the Northwest African American Museum

Collage of an abstracted pair of people in bright colors by Romare Bearden

Romare Bearden. La Primavera, 1967. Various papers with fabric, paint, ink, and graphite on fiberboard. 44 x 56 in. Columbus Museum of Art, Ohio Museum Purchase, Derby Fund from the Philip J. and Suzanne Schiller Collection of American Social Commentary Art 1930–1970. © Romare Bearden Foundation / VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY. Courtesy American Federation of Arts

July 27, 2022

1 – 2 pm