After pausing in-person public programming due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Project Row Houses (PRH) will re-open on July 31, 2021, with the unveiling of Round 52: Gulf Coast Anthropocene, curated by Ryan N. Dennis and Dr. Willie J. Wright.
Round 52 will kick off with Porch Talks, an opportunity to hear from the artists about their individual practices and the inspiration behind their installation, from 3-4PM followed by a Community Market from 4-7PM on Saturday, July 31, 2021. The exhibition will be on view through December 5, 2021. The Art Houses, located at 2505 – 2517 Holman St., are open Wednesday – Sunday, noon – 5 p.m.
“In recent years, natural disasters have become unavoidable and unwanted collaborators in PRH’s practice of socially-engaged art,” explained PRH Executive Director Eureka Gilkey, “with increasingly frequent storms and floods disrupting our plans. We selected environmental justice as the focus for this round well before we knew that we would experience a global pandemic and catastrophic winter freeze, both of which had a disproportionately harsh and traumatic impact on Third Ward.”
“We are grateful,” Gilkey went on, “that we are finally ready to welcome people back to our site to experience art in community, and eager to learn from and with the artists and curators of Round 52 how we might address the ongoing environmental crisis through creative collective action.”
