Emily Bernard is the author of Black is the Body: Stories from My Grandmother’s Time, My Mother’s Time, and Mine, which was named one of the best books of 2019 by Kirkus Reviews and National Public Radio. Bernard is the winner of the 2020 Los Angeles Times Christopher Isherwood Prize for autobiographical prose.
Join us for an opening reception at Miller Hall for the ISM’s new art exhibit, Take Me As I Am: Redemption and Grace for the Discarded, featuring appearances by exhibit artists Lance Flowers, Robert Hodge, and Jason Woods (aka Flash Gordon Parks). Reception begins at 5 p.m and panel discussion begins at 5:30 p.m. Sponsored by the Institute of Sacred Music’s Religion, Ecology, and Expressive Culture Initiative.
Free and open to the public.
Exhibit curated by Robert Hodge.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EXHIBIT IS CLOSED THE ENTIRETY OF THANKSGIVING WEEK. IT WILL REOPEN DECEMBER 3.
Take Me As I Am: Redemption And Grace for the Discarded Is an art exhibit premiering new mixed media works detailing the fight to preserve Houston’s historic Third Ward neighborhood by contemporary Southern artist Lance Flowers. The title “Take Me As I Am,” is a reference to the hymn from the late 19th century. The title is also a spot on description of Flowers’ artistic practice. His process leads him to seek out and repurpose found materials once deemed trash or an “eyesore” to tell vivid allegories steeped in Southern tradition.
Take Me As I Am: Redemption And Grace for the Discarded Is an art exhibit premiering new mixed media works detailing the fight to preserve Houston’s historic Third Ward neighborhood by contemporary Southern artist Lance Flowers. The title “Take Me As I Am,” is a reference to the hymn from the late 19th century. The title is also a spot on description of Flowers’ artistic practice. His process leads him to seek out and repurpose found materials once deemed trash or an “eyesore” to tell vivid allegories steeped in Southern tradition.
Take Me As I Am: Redemption And Grace for the Discarded Is an art exhibit premiering new mixed media works detailing the fight to preserve Houston’s historic Third Ward neighborhood by contemporary Southern artist Lance Flowers. The title “Take Me As I Am,” is a reference to the hymn from the late 19th century. The title is also a spot on description of Flowers’ artistic practice. His process leads him to seek out and repurpose found materials once deemed trash or an “eyesore” to tell vivid allegories steeped in Southern tradition.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EXHIBIT IS CLOSED THE ENTIRETY OF THANKSGIVING WEEK. IT WILL REOPEN DECEMBER 3.
Take Me As I Am: Redemption And Grace for the Discarded Is an art exhibit premiering new mixed media works detailing the fight to preserve Houston’s historic Third Ward neighborhood by contemporary Southern artist Lance Flowers. The title “Take Me As I Am,” is a reference to the hymn from the late 19th century. The title is also a spot on description of Flowers’ artistic practice. His process leads him to seek out and repurpose found materials once deemed trash or an “eyesore” to tell vivid allegories steeped in Southern tradition.
Take Me As I Am: Redemption And Grace for the Discarded Is an art exhibit premiering new mixed media works detailing the fight to preserve Houston’s historic Third Ward neighborhood by contemporary Southern artist Lance Flowers. The title “Take Me As I Am,” is a reference to the hymn from the late 19th century. The title is also a spot on description of Flowers’ artistic practice. His process leads him to seek out and repurpose found materials once deemed trash or an “eyesore” to tell vivid allegories steeped in Southern tradition.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EXHIBIT IS CLOSED THE ENTIRETY OF THANKSGIVING WEEK. IT WILL REOPEN DECEMBER 3.
