Hi everyone, I hope that you are all well and taking care. On behalf of the team, I would like to warmly invite you to join us this evening (7PM ET / 4PM PT) for Considering Art : Considering Vocabulary | Abi Ola. Abi Ola <https://www.ucl.ac.uk/news/2021/feb/seven-questions-claire-anne-abi-ola> specializes in painting, drawing, screen printing, collaging, batik, and textiles. Her artwork focuses on shapes and patterns - drawing inspiration from old photographs and fabrics that Ola finds in her house and different exhibitions. These finds include Oceanic Art from the Royal Academy of Arts, African textiles from the British Museum, and William Morris wallpaper designs lifted from various stately and historic homes. "When painting the figures in the photographs, I realized that I was much more interested in the shapes and patterns that I found in their clothes than the figures themselves. Therefore, I began to focus on the shapes and patterns, and create my pattern designs in my paintings." - Abi Ola In this tour, we embark on some close looking. We ask: What is a pattern? How does that of the 'reiterative' influence daily behavior, identity, and language? Whose voice do we use when we speak? Register below for your FREE e-TICKET(s) and join us LIVE Wednesdays at 7PM ET / 4PM PT https://www.eventbrite.com/e/165158957889 mark and I are looking forward to seeing you later. All my best, Matt www.considering.art *** About your facilitator: mark (they/them) <https://www.linkedin.com/in/markjohnsmith/> develops and produces access platforms, programming and communities with a view toward activating art as a tool for positive political, economic and social change. To date, their work has informed cultural strategy at Arts Council UK, the British Broadcasting Corporation (History, Learning and Radio), the Beaney Museum, Canterbury City Council, GOV.UK, Kent County Council, the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Tate Galleries (Modern and Britain), Artists Space, Bureau of General Services Queer Division, The LGBT Community Center NYC, MAPP International, The New School, The New York Public Library, Village Alliance Inc, Volta Art Fair, International Olympic Committee and the Tokyo 2020/21 Olympic and Paralympic Games. mark is a proud member of the LGBTQIA+ community and an advocate for the transformative power of art and culture for all. -- Considering.Art™ Your voice. Your idea. The contents of this email message and any attachments are intended solely for the addressee(s) and may contain confidential and/or privileged information and may be legally protected from disclosure. If you are not the intended recipient of this message or their agent, or if this message has been addressed to you in error, please immediately alert the sender by reply email and then delete this message and any attachments. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any use, dissemination, copying, or storage of this message or its attachments is strictly prohibited. ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).