Join Beau McCall, the artist featured in the show REWIND: MEMORIES ON REPEAT at Childs Gallery, for a live oral history collection, facilitated by Gary Bailey - winner of the 2023 HistoryMaker award. RSVP on Eventbrite.

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Beau McCall's, REWIND: MEMORIES ON REPEAT, spotlights the Black LGBTQ+ experience in America from the late 1970s to the mid-1990s, during the LGBTQ+ rights movement, the height of disco music, and the AIDS crisis. McCall tells this story by honoring the legacy of ten of his deceased friends through collages composed of archival photos and papers and images from his button-embellished artwork. Additionally, the exhibition includes rarely viewed archival materials and select collages from McCall’s “Diva Worship” series, which celebrates iconic divas who have inspired, empowered, and captivated the Black LGBTQ+ community.

The exhibition is curated by Souleo.

On View: June 1, 2024 through August 4, 2024

Location: Childs Gallery, 168 Newbury St, Boston, MA 02116

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Beau McCall creates wearable and visual art by applying clothing buttons onto mostly upcycled fabrics, materials, and objects. His artworks, offering commentary on topics such as pop culture and social justice, have been included in exhibitions at The Museum at FIT (New York, NY); Nordstrom; the African American Museum in Philadelphia (Philadelphia, PA); Houston Museum of African American Culture (Houston, TX); Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History (Detroit, MI); Stax Museum of American Soul Music (Memphis, TN); Black Fashion Museum (New York, NY); the Langston Hughes House in partnership with the inaugural Columbia University Wallach Art Gallery Uptown triennial and StoryCorps (New York, NY); and Rush Arts Gallery (New York, NY). McCall’s work is held in the permanent collection of public institutions and by private individuals, including the Museum of Arts and Design (New York, NY); Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, PA); Victoria and Albert Museum (London, UK); The Museum at FIT (New York, NY); Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (New York, NY); Amistad Research Center (New Orleans, LA); The Museum of Modern Art Library (New York, NY); Leslie-Lohman Museum of Art (New York, NY); Stonewall National Museum, Archives & Library (Fort Lauderdale, FL); San Francisco Museum of Modern Art Library (San Francisco, CA); Cyndi Lauper’s True Colors Residence; Debbie Harry of Blondie; Jeffrey Gibson; and Cristina Grajales. www.BeauMcCall.com

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This event is free and open to the public.

RSVP on Eventbrite, link to the Zoom will be sent out the day of the event. Email info@historyproject.org with any questions. For security purposes, Zoom meetings require an authenticated Zoom account, so please be sure to register with Zoom prior to the event.

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