Repurposed for a Purpose, an evening with Chakaia Booker
Category: Event Calendar
Date and Time for this Past Event
- Thursday, Apr 7, 2022 7 p.m.
Location
E.J. Thomas Hall - The University of Akron
198 Hill St
Details
Please join Repurposed for a Purpose, an evening with internationally renowned sculptor Chakaia Booker on Thursday, April 7, 2022, at Stage Door at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, presented by Myers School of Art. Doors open at 6 p.m. with performances by students from UA’s School of Music.
Booker will talk about her art and share stories of her experience with the students.
This event is free and open to the public.
Chakaia Booker received a B.A. in Sociology from Rutgers University (1976) and a MFA from the City College of New York (1993). She was selected for the Whitney Biennial in 2000,awarded the Pollock-Krasner Grant in 2002 and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2005.Booker’s work has been exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. Select solo exhibitions include: The National Museum of Women in the Arts; Milwaukee Art Museum; The Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art; Queens Museum of Art; Katonah Museum of Art and Storm King Arts Center. She has been included in group exhibitions at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, The Museum of Art and Design, Bronx Museum of the Arts, The Studio Museum in Harlem and the Corcoran Gallery of Art, among others.
