Dawoud Bey: The Emory Project Unveiled Feb. 1st

The long awaited Visual Arts exhibition by Dawoud Bey will be unveiled at the VA building on February 1 at 5pm. Join us for a talk from Dawoud Bey at 6pm. Taking a year to accomplish, The Emory Project is an exploration of the coexistence of the different people, (races, religion, sexual orientation, personalities) that make up Emory's core. 

View this information online: http://visualarts.emory.edu/events/untoldstories.html#bey

Dawoud Bey: The Emory Project

Emory Visual Arts Gallery

Opening Reception: Tuesday, February 1, 5–8 pm
Gallery Talk by Dawoud Bey, 6 pm

Refreshments will be available.
Directions/Parking: http://visualarts.emory.edu/contact/index.html#directions

Exhibition Dates: February 1–March 5, 2011 

WEBSITE FOR DAWOUD BEY: THE EMORY PROJECT
http://transform.emory.edu/dawouldbey/

In partnership with the Transforming Community Project (TCP), the Emory Visual Arts Department commissioned acclaimed photographer Dawoud Bey to develop a series of portraits of the Emory community that demonstrates the university's diversity and celebrates the culmination of TCP's five-year exploration of Emory's historic and current experiences of race, gender, sexuality, and other forms of human difference.  While he was an artist in residence on campus for four weeks in Spring 2010, Bey created thirty-six double portraits, each containing two members of the Emory community from different stations throughout the university.  Each person also contributed a personal statement reflecting their passions and interests.   Bey then selected twenty of the portraits to comprise the final exhibition that will be on view at the Visual Arts Gallery.

Dawoud Bey: The Emory Project is presented in conjunction with Founders Week 2011 at Emory University, which begins a year-long commemoration and celebration of Emory's 175th anniversary.  For a complete list of Founders Week programs, visit http://www.emory.edu/founders/.