GALLERY EXPERIENCE:
ART AND THE U.S. EMBASSY IN NIGER
DECEMBER 15, 2019 | 2:00 PM -
3:00 PM
Admission is Free
TIM DOUD and SARAH TANGUY
in Dialog
Join Curator's Office artist Tim Doud and Art in Embassies curator Sarah Tanguy for a discussion on the role of art in cultural diplomacy through the lens of a new project commissioned for the US Embassy in Niamey, Niger. Art in Embassies, an office of the US Department of State, integrates artists and artworks with US diplomatic missions across the world to foster cross-cultural dialogue and the exchange of ideas, values, and traditions. Doud, a DC-based artist and art professor with American University, has created an entirely new series of paintings developed from extensive research on textiles and patterns that can be found in Niger. Together with the artist and curator, explore the process of generating a body of work for a specific site as well as the challenges and rewards in assembling visual arts collections to promote public diplomacy and cultural understanding.
Seating in the Lerner Room is first-come, first-served.
Following the program, guests are invited to visit
STABLE Artist Studios (336 Randolph Place NE, Studio #104, Washington, DC, 20002) until 6 pm for a studio visit with Doud to view the paintings before they begin their journey to Niger.
Special thanks to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden for organizing this public program.
Hirshhorn Museum, Independence Ave SW & 7th St SW
Washington, DC 20560 United States
202-633-1000
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Tim Doud graduated from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago with an M.F.A in Painting and Drawing. He attended Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in Skowhegan, Maine. Recent exhibitions include Curator's Office, Washington, DC; New Bedford Art Museum, New Bedford, MA; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA; Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO; and the Smithsonian's National Portrait Gallery, Washington, DC.
His work has been included in exhibitions at PS1 (MOMA) in New York City, The Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC; Artists Space in NYC; the Frye Art Gallery in Seattle, WA;, Art Basel, Basel, Switzerland; Galerie Brusberg, Berlin, Germany; and MC Magma, Milan, Italy.
He has received grants from The National Endowment for the Arts (Arts Midwest), The Pollock Krasner Art Foundation, DC Commission for the Arts and Humanities and participated in residencies at The Banff Centre, Alberta, Canada, the Sharpe/ Walentas Studio Program in Brooklyn, NY and the Golden Foundation, NY. Doud is currently a Professor at American University. He is a co-founder of '
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with Zoƫ Charlton and co-founder of STABLE with Linn Meyers and Caitlin Teal Price. Doud is represented by Curator's Office.
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Image Above:
Tim Doud,
Niger Commission (detail), 2019, acrylic, oil, enamel on panel, dimensions variable
Courtesy of Curator's Office, Washington, DC
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