Events

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In honor of Juneteenth, local artist Jackie Reeves presents her installation What She Opened, an homage to educator, activist, and “Grandmother of Juneteeth”, Dr. Opal Lee. Sometimes referred to as the nation’s second independence day, Juneteenth recognizes June 19, 1865 when Union troops arrived in Galveston Bay, Texas announcing that the more than 250,000 enslaved black people in the state were free. However, it was not until June 17, 2021, after decades long efforts led by Lee, that President Joe Biden signed the Juneteenth National Independence Day Act bill that finally established June 19th as a federal holiday. This temporary art piece celebrates a once underrepresented but crucial moment in American history.

Published on the occasion of a major new career retrospective, Marcia Marcus: I Paint What I Like provides a much-needed, extensive monographic exploration of a strikingly original artist.

Headstrong and wry, Marcia Marcus (1928–2025) was a fiercely original artist whose work challenges typical understanding of post-war American art. Rejecting mainstream abstraction, Marcus spent five decades painting what compelled her: languorous male nudes, parenthood, great style—subjects her peers rarely explored—all rendered in her distinctive cool and poised hand. Undaunted by New York’s male-dominated art world, she was a vivid presence in downtown Manhattan and Provincetown, pioneering as one of the first women to stage a Happening. Through decades of self-portraiture, she boldly affirmed her own creative voice and upended narrow expectations of gender with wit and defiance.