Dona Schwartz: Ordinary People (Like Me)

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Dona Schwartz, "Ordinary People (Like Me)," 2021

Dona Schwartz: Ordinary People (Like Me)

Saturday, May 14 & May 21, 12:00 pm—Bring a camera or smartphone and join artist and photographer Dona Schwartz for two consecutive Saturdays and explore contemporary approaches to portrait photography. Only 12 seats remain for this workshop!

Dona Schwartz conducts a social experiment through photographic portraiture. Initially inspired by Yoko Ono’s instruction to photograph “ordinary people” Schwartz approached the prompt by interrogating its premise. Who do we consider “ordinary”? How is “ordinary” defined? Schwartz worked collaboratively with her subjects. She used a referral process that spawned multiple distinct lineages of portrait subjects, starting with people she’d met through daily dog walks. The resultant series maps social networks and the boundaries of everyday lived communities. The work poses questions about self-concepts, identities, and labels that simultaneously unite us and keep us apart.

First Thursdays featuring Hot Sauce Boogie & Sugar Water Bar

Join us for our inaugural First Thursday on May 5th from 5-9pm for a FREE late-night gallery experience. Explore our galleries, get down with HOT SAUCE BOOGIE and enjoy thoughtfully crafted drinks by Sugar Water Bar. Hourly guided tours of our current exhibitions Rerouting, The Further Apart Things Seem, and Dona Schwartz: Ordinary People (Like Me) will start at 5pm, 6pm, 7pm and 8pm. We look forward to welcoming you back to Free First Thursdays!