Swoon – Member Preview Day

Members, today is your day! Get an exclusive preview and be among the very first to experience the powerful and thought-provoking new exhibition, Swoon.

Caledonia Curry, whose work appears under the name Swoon, is a Brooklyn-based artist widely known as the first woman to gain large-scale recognition in the male-dominated world of street art. Curry took to the streets of New York while attending the Pratt Institute of Art in 1999, pasting her intricate portraits to the sides of buildings with the goal of making art and the public space of the city more accessible.

Her art explores timely and complex issues, from personal and collective trauma to the power of art to heal and unite people during turbulent times. Striking, contemplative, and inspirational, her work is a powerful reminder of the potential for transformation that lies within us all.

Learn more about this special ticketed exhibition by clicking here.

Schedule:
12-5 pm: Family activities and Member-exclusive access to the Swoon galleries

2-3 pm: Artist Talk featuring Caledonia Curry/Swoon (registration highly encouraged)

3-3:30 pm: Book signing with the Artist

As always, admission to the Taubman’s special ticketed exhibition and Member-Exclusive Preview events is free for Museum Members.

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Exhibition and educational programming is generously supported in part by The Dorothea Leonhardt Fund at the Communities Foundation of Texas, Inc., Ginny Jarrett, Roanoke Arts Commission, Virginia Commission for the Arts, National Endowment for the Arts, Arkay, Carilion Clinic, Beverly and Leon Harris, Blue Ridge Beverage, LeadPoint Digital, Marsh McLennan Agency, Tom and Mary Evelyn Tielking, Veracity, Debra Meade and Hazel Bernard, Sibyl Fishburn, Reid’s Fine Furnishings, Suzanne Thorniley, Dr. Bonnie L. Hennig Trestman and Dr. Robert L. Trestman, and Kathy Killian.