TRUTH & INAUGURATION
FEATURING CHARLES FARRAR & ANDREW WILSON
Our first digital exhibition examines the history of Inauguration Day in the United States of America. Featuring Virginia-based woodturner Charles Farrar and Detroit-based textile artist Andrew Wilson, this show features artwork that is a meditation on slow craft and how this slowness collects, amplifies, and transports the viewer through care. In the words of Andrew Wilson, the making of the work “is the way I peer into the archive and interrogate the histories that shape the fabric of Blackness.” Farrar, whose work was included in the Obama White House Collection, pays homage to woodturning’s north African roots through evocative pieces that explore the African American experience.
The 20th Amendment to the Constitution specifies that the term of each elected President of the United States begins at noon on January 20 of the year following the election. The word inauguration stems from the Latin augur, which refers to the rituals of ancient Roman priests seeking to interpret if it was the will of the gods for a public official to be deemed worthy to assume office. Each president must take the oath of office before assuming the duties of the position. What does history tell us about the will that led the way to January 20, 2025? How do artists whose work centers on untold – or under told – stories provide context and meaning to this moment in time? This exhibition explores history through the lens of contemplative contemporary artwork born of dedication and devotion to truth telling.
ITINERARY OF EVENTS
ONLINE EXHIBITION OPENING | JAN. 20, 2025 at 12p
CONVERSATION WITH DR. GOODWIN | JAN. 29, 2025 from 4 - 5p
Join SE CLT Gallery on January 29, 2025, from 4 -5p by Zoom for a conversation with award-winning author, advocate, professor, and social commentator Dr. Michele Bratcher Goodwin. Dr. Goodwin is a renowned bioethicist, constitutional legal scholar, prolific writer, and podcast host. Her work interrogates the narratives we are told about ourselves, and how those narratives continue by operation of law and social constructs. We will discuss with Dr. Goodwin the power of seeing and thinking about those narratives in the context of Inauguration Day 2025, and how being clear about our full history as a country is critical to understanding the present and our future.
Dr. Goodwin is a global thought leader and advisor. Her scholarship and advocacy have forged a path for justice in civil liberties, educational access, and reproductive health and rights. She is the host of the popular podcast, On the Issues with Michele Goodwin, at Ms. magazine. Her writings address pressing matters of law, society, and global health. An award-winning author, her publications appear across five books and more than one hundred law review articles, book chapters, and commentaries. Her opinion editorials and commentaries can be found in the New York Times, LA Times, The Atlantic, Politico, Forbes, The Nation, the Christian Science Monitor, and other platforms. She is a frequent contributor to Ms. magazine.