The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture with SAAM

The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture
Date: Thursday, July 31, 2025
Time: 4:0) - 7:00PM
Location: Francine Kelly Gallery at Featherstone Center for the Arts
Fee: free

Enjoy a lively talk about this groundbreaking exhibition that examines for the first time the ways in which sculpture has shaped and reflected attitudes and understandings about race in the United States. Karen Lemmey, the Lucy S. Rhame Curator of Sculpture at SAAM, discusses themes of the exhibition, followed by a conversation with Robert C. Davidson Jr., chair of SAAM’s advisory board of commissioners. Post conversation, guests are encouraged to stay for a reception and gallery viewing.Image credit: Roberto Lugo, DNA Study Revisited (detail), 2022, urethane resin life cast, foam, wire, and acrylic paint, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Catherine Walden Myer Fund