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SUMMARY:Queens\, Gods\, and Devotees: Selections from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art
DESCRIPTION:Tawny Chatmon (b. 1979)\, Iconography/A Hopeful Truth (detail)\, 2023\, 24k gold leaf\, 22k moon gold\, acrylic paint\, semi-precious stones & other mixed media on archival pigment print\, 56” x 42”. Courtesy of the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art. \n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Details\n \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				On View Aug 25–Nov 24\, 2026 \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Price\n \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Free General Admission \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Venue\n \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n\nIris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery3rd Floor\, The Prior Performing Arts Center \n\n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Parking\n \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n\nFree parking\, registration required. CLICK HERE to pre-register for visitor parking. \n\n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Cantor Art Gallery\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				 \n\nFeaturing over 30 paintings\, sculptures\, photographs\, prints\, and fiber works from c. 1900 to the present\, Queens\, Gods\, and Devotees foregrounds earthly and divine greatness\, and their associated devotional objects and ritual practices. Many of these images of exalted figures and concepts related to spirituality and worship are specific to the Black American experience\, or are re-imagined in a Black cultural context. References to Greek mythology\, the Judeo-Christian tradition\, ancient cultures and traditional African spiritual practices appear alongside one another.  \nThe exhibition includes work by celebrated artists including Romare Bearden\, Henry Ossawa Tanner\, Richmond Barthé\, John Biggers\, Willie Cole\, Shinique Smith\, Tawny Chatmon\, Imo Nse Imeh and Sharif Bey\, among others. Selections in Queens\, Gods\, and Devotees are drawn entirely from the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art. The PFF Collection is a targeted initiative to bring focus to the full range of African American visual creativity and its essential place in the history and discourse of American Art. As part of a growing and thoughtful dialogue about the African American experience through art\, the PFF Collection seeks to visually represent a cross-section of themes that speak not only to the African American community\, but also the broader American community.  \nCurated by Susanna W. Gold\, Ph.D. \n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Exhibition Events\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				 \n\nOpening ReceptionThursday\, September 17 | 5:30 PM | Cantor Art Gallery \nArtist Talk: Imo Nse Imeh\, Feeding the Veins of the EarthThursday\, October 1 | 4:30 PM | Rehm LibraryOrganized by The Rev. Michael C. McFarland\, S.J. Center for Religion\, Ethics and Culture \n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				 \n\nTo Be Seen and Heard: Devotion in Eastern Christian Icons\nOn view in the Art Study Room\nThis selection of 18th- and 19th-century icons is generously loaned by The Icon Museum and Study Center (Clinton\, MA). These objects\, images of Christian figures and stories for use during prayer\, offer visual parallels to the works in Queens\, Gods\, and Devotees\, demonstrating how image-making and conceptual themes connect across time and cultures. On View beginning September 1\, 2026.
URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/queens-gods-devotees-african-american-art/
LOCATION:Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Art Gallery\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Cantor Art Gallery,Events at The Prior
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SUMMARY:Theater Kid with Jeffrey Seller & Jared Bowen
DESCRIPTION:Theater Kid with Jeffrey Seller\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Moderated by Jared Bowen\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				 \n\n\nCo-presented by Broadway in Worcester & The Prior Performing Arts Center \n\n\n			\n				Purchase Tickets\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Details\n \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Nov 16\, 20267:00 p.m. \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Price\n \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				$35All-in Pricing Includes Book \n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Venue\n \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n\nBoroughs TheatrePrior Performing Arts Center \n\n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				Parking\n \n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n\nFree parking\, registration required. CLICK HERE to pre-register for visitor parking. \n\n\n			\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				 \n\nAll full price ticket purchases include a copy of Theater Kid: A Broadway Memoir by Jeffrey Seller\, available for pickup at the presentation. Standard student discount codes apply to ticket purchases but do not include a copy of the book. \n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				 \n\nA New Yorker\, NPR\, and Washington Independent Review Best Book of 2025 \nA coming-of-age tale from one of the most successful American producers of our time\, Jeffrey Seller\, the only producer to have mounted two Pulitzer Prize–winning musicals—Hamilton and Rent. \nBefore he was producing the musical hits of our generation\, Jeffrey was just a kid coming to terms with his adoption\, trying to understand his sexuality\, and determined to escape his dysfunctional household in a poor neighborhood just outside Detroit. We see him find his voice through musical theater and move to New York\, where he is determined to shed his past and make a name for himself on Broadway. \nBut moving to the big city is never easy—especially not at the height of the HIV/AIDS crisis—and Jeffrey learns to survive and thrive in the colorful and cutthroat world of commercial theatre. From his early days as an office assistant\, to meeting Jonathan Larson and experiencing the triumph and tragedy of Rent\, to working with Lin-Manuel Miranda on In the Heights and Hamilton\, Jeffrey completely pulls back the curtain on the joyous and gut-wrenching process of making new musicals\, finding new audiences\, and winning a Tony Award—all the while finding himself. \nTold with Jeffrey’s candid and captivating voice\, Theater Kid is a gripping memoir about fighting through a hardscrabble childhood to make art on one’s own terms\, chasing a dream against many odds\, and finding acceptance and community. \n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				 \n\nAbout The Author\n\n			\n				\n				\n				\n				\n				 \n\nJeffrey Seller is one of the most successful American producers of our time. He produced the Tony Award–winning musicals Rent\, Avenue Q\, In the Heights\, and Hamilton. His shows have garnered twenty-two Tony Awards\, including four for Best Musical\, and his Broadway productions and tours have grossed over $4.6 billion and reached more than 43 million attendees. Jeffrey is the only producer to have mounted two Pulitzer Prize–winning musicals—Hamilton and Rent. He also revolutionized theater accessibility with the $20 ticket lottery for Rent\, making theater affordable for all.
URL:https://priorperformingartscenter.holycross.edu/event/theater-kid-memories-with-jeffrey-seller-jared-bowen/
LOCATION:Boroughs Theatre – Prior Performing Arts Center\, 1 College St\, Worcester\, MA\, 01610\, United States
CATEGORIES:Events at The Prior
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