PHILADELPHIA, July 8, 2024
/PRNewswire/ -- The Library Company of Philadelphia is proud to introduce Beyond
Glass Cases, a three-year project featuring three innovative
exhibitions developed with creative partners. Project partners
including speculative historian Tafari
Robertson, anthropologist and historian Paul Wolff Mitchell, musician Zachariah Julian, and visual artist Mark Thomas Gibson are creating artworks,
curating exhibitions, and composing music as ways of starting
conversations about Library Company material.
"We are extremely proud to work with this accomplished set of
artists and historians as project partners and to present their
work to a broad audience. Their projects transcend the traditional
exhibition model in many ways. Beyond Glass Cases is part of
The Library Company's ongoing commitment to boldly, honestly, and
thoughtfully interpret challenging, and at times harmful,
collection items." – Sarah J.
Weatherwax, Project Manager, Beyond Glass Cases.
Beyond Glass Cases: The Library Company of Philadelphia's "Collections Lab" has been
supported by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage.
Key Dates and Information:
Each exhibition will take
place at The Library Company of Philadelphia, 1314 Locust Street, Phila., PA
19107
The Black Historians' Department: The Past Belongs to You
curated by Tafari
Robertson
Exhibition Runs from July 17, 2024 – September
17, 2024
Opening Reception: July 17 at
6:00 p.m.
Closing Reception: September 12 at
6:00 p.m.
Crania Americana and the Archive of Scientific
Racism curated by Paul Wolff
Mitchell
Exhibition Runs from August 19, 2024 – October
30, 2024
Opening Reception: September 17
at 5:30 p.m.
Project Obtuse musical composition premiere by Zachariah Julian followed by panel
discussion: September 18 at
5:30 p.m. at the Asian Arts
Initiative, 1219 Vine Street, Phila., PA.
Lineage by Mark Thomas
Gibson
Exhibition Runs from October 15, 2024 – January
17, 2025
Opening Reception: October 15 at
5:30 p.m.
Beyond Glass Cases: Reflections
Exhibition Runs
from February 13, 2025 – June 6, 2025
Opening
Reception: February 13 at 5:00
p.m.
More Information is available by viewing our Introduction Video
at this link.
About The Library Company of Philadelphia
The Library Company of
Philadelphia is an independent
research library founded in 1731 and specializing in American
history and culture from the 17th through the early 20th centuries.
The Library Company has collected books and graphics throughout its
almost 300-year history. Today, the Library Company is faced with
the task of finding new and better ways of advancing understanding
and engaging public awareness of the complex histories of these
sometimes-challenging collection items, while still holding space
for their historical significance.
www.librarycompany.org
MEDIA CONTACT
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TML Communications
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