Dalton Gallery of Agnes Scott College
Courtesy of The Dalton Gallery
Atlanta Art Week Event:
Recordar/Anhelar: Aesthetics of Undocumentedness curated by Erika Hirugami | Decatur
Thursday, October 5, 2023 | 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
141 E College Ave, Decatur, GA 30030
The Dalton Gallery is located in the Dana Fine Arts Building on the back side of the Agnes Scott College campus. For parking, please use the Visitor Deck located at 137 S McDonough St Decatur, GA 30030.
About:
The artworks in this exhibition are a multiplicity of remembrances that together outline the embodiment of undocumentedness as a mediation of hope. In this exhibition the recollections of Jackie Amézquita, Yehimi Cambrón, Nube Cruz, David Cuatlacuatl Federico Cuatlacuatl, Jose Ibarra Rizo, Martha Osornio Ruiz, Isidro Perez García, Elizabeth Pineda, Karla Rosas, Luis Alvaro Sahagun, Nicole Solis-Sison, and alejandro sosa converge interdependently to speak of memory, family, community, migration, spirituality, indigeneity, care, and futurity from an undocumented axis. Through the collective cacophony of visual depictions found within this exhibition, artists in the undoc+ spectrum confront their inner longing while honoring and affirming their cultural heritages. It is through collective recollections, testimonios, and recounting of oral traditions that this community thrives, is cared for, and stays safe. Here today, we remember and honor this memory and practice as integral to the undoc+ community. Individuals in the undoc+ spectrum have lived or are currently living undocumented.
We would like to thank Virginia Philip ’61 for her generosity in making this exhibition possible. The Margaret Virginia Philip Art Endowment Fund, which she established in 2006, brings an art exhibition to The Dalton Gallery every 4 years, with the goal of enhancing our students’ college experience. In a time when funding for the Arts is disappearing, we remain grateful for her support.
About Dalton Gallery of Agnes Scott College: Agnes Scott College officially opened the Dalton Gallery in the Charles A. Dana Fine Arts Building on October 24, 1965. Named in honor of Harry L. Dalton and his wife, Mary Keesler Dalton, ’25, the gallery forms the central public area on the main floor of the building. The opening event featured an exhibition of fifty five paintings which Mr. and Mrs. Dalton had given to Agnes Scott to augment the college’s permanent art collection.
Today, the Dalton Gallery operates as a teaching gallery as a way of recognizing the inherent expressive value of art, its enrichment of the human experience, and the dependence of global culture on visual literacy. Our exhibition focus echoes the college’s mission to educate our students to think deeply, live honorably and engage the intellectual and social challenges of their times.
www.daltongallery.agnesscott.org | @daltongallery
Hours of Operation:
Sunday: Closed
Monday: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Tuesday: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Wednesday: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Thursday: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Friday: 12:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Saturday: Closed