let’s sing, let’s dance

Join Georgetown University Art Galleries for a special meditative performance by renowned artist Sheldon Scott (b. 1976, Pawley’s Island, SC) inside the Maria & Alberto de la Cruz Art Gallery. This program is presented in conjunction with Hung Liu: Happy and Gay.

let’s sing, let’s dance will be a ceremony of story, song, riddle and curricula, prompting viewers to draw parallels between ideas in the exhibition with contemporary American early childhood teachings. Built on the ceremony of subversion, Scott will create an opportunity for empathy and resilience building. Audience members are encouraged to spend as much time as they would like with the work during the two-hour duration.

Sheldon Scott’s practice mines from his experiences growing up in the Gullah/Geechee South and professional background in storytelling to examine the Black male form with particular emphasis on biases of usability and expendability in relation to constructs of race, economics, and sexuality. A finalist for the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery's Outwin-Boochever Portrait Competition, Scott’s work is held in esteemed collections, including the National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Smithsonian American Art Museum, and the Nasher Museum of Art.

This event is presented in partnership with Georgetown University Departments: American Studies, Black Studies, Culture and Politics, The Department of Performing Arts, The Gender + Justice Initiative, Georgetown University Student Association (GUSA) Arts Week, The Laboratory for Global Performance and Politics, The Lannan Center for Poetics and Social Practice, The Lecture Fund, and Women and Gender Studies.

Hung Liu: Happy & Gay is generously supported by Maria and Alberto de la Cruz and the Hung Liu Estate.

Images: Hung Liu, Happy and Gay: Boy With Kite (details), 2012. Oil on canvas with metal star. 60 x 48 x 2 in. Courtesy of Hung Liu Estate. Headshot courtesy of Sheldon Scott.

Host or Publisher Georgetown University Art Galleries