AMARILLO, Texas (KAMR/KCIT) — The Amarillo Museum of Art invites residents to have cocktails and hors d’oeuvres while enjoying guest speaker artist and filmmaker Caledonia Curry better known as SWOON on April 19.
Curry who is originally from Brooklyn New York is an artist who is better known as Swoon highlighted for being the, “first woman to gain large-scale recognition in the male-dominated world of street art.”
Her street art career began while attending Pratt Institute of Art, Swoon began pasting her art portraits to sides of building aiming to make art and the public space of the city more accessible. Today her work can be seen on the sides of building and institutions worldwide.
According to AMoA officials, AMoA members will get free admission and non-members will be charged $10 at the door. Officials said cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be serve at 6:30 p.m. and Curry will begin speaking at around 7:00 p.m.
The following SWOON art pieces will be on view April 13 through Aug. 11 according to AMoA officials:
“Through intimate portraits, animated films, immersive installations, and multi-year community based projects, she explores the potential inherent within the creative process to act as a catalyst for social change and interpersonal healing,” said AMoA officials.
AMoA noted that the museum is open Wednesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.
For more information regarding this event visit the AMoA website.
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