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Letitia Huckaby: LA 19 (Daughters of
God) May 29—July 4, 2010
ArtWalk Opening, Saturday, May 29, 6 to 9 pm
Gallery Talk at 6:30 pm
GALVESTON,
Texas—Galveston Arts Center is pleased to present
Letitia Huckaby: LA 19 (Daughters of God) featuring work
which blends quilting and photography while paying
homage to the family of this Fort Worth-based new media
artist. The exhibition will open during the May 29th
ArtWalk and remain on view through July 4, 2010. Curator
Clint Willour will lead a gallery talk with the artist
at 6:30 pm.
With a background in both journalism and photography,
Huckaby combines the documentary aspects of photography
with quilt making techniques to explore her personal
history. Work from the series LA 19 incorporates photos
of Huckaby’s extended family, who lived on or off of
Louisiana’s state highway number nineteen. The
2-dimensional works are photographs that have been
transferred onto scrap fabric which is then pieced
together as a fabric collage or quilted photograph and
framed. MaDear (2010) shows a woman sitting in a living
room as seen through the window; the image is printed on
circular pieces of silk and decorative fabric which have
been sewn together.
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The series
Daughters of God focuses on the female members
of Huckaby’s family, with each woman captured
wearing a white dress in a different setting.
The artist’s grandmother made the dress, which
looks similar to a baptism garment. Huckaby
notes that the dresses symbolize the passing
down of tradition through generations.
The exhibition will also include
three-dimensional works, specifically
photographs of family quilts and family pictures
that have been printed onto fabric and sewn into
dresses. Something Old, Something New (2010)
incorporates photos transferred onto fabric, as
well as antique fabrics that the artist
collected from other family members. These
scraps were sewn into round “yo-yos,” a
traditional style of quilting, that were then
made into a wedding dress. The work layers the
wedding tradition of old and new, as well as
two- versus three dimensions (flat images sewn
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Huckaby will receive her MFA in Photography from the
University of North Texas in Denton this May. She holds
a BA in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma,
Norman, and BFA in Photography from the Art Institute of
Boston. In 1997 she studied under Lucy Mingo, a Gee’s
Bend quilter in Boykin, Alabama. Her work has been shown
at the South Dallas Cultural Center, Houston’s Project
Row Houses, Fort Worth Community Arts Center, New
Orleans Photo Alliance and Renaissance Fine Art Gallery,
Harlem, New York.
Galveston Arts Center is currently operating “in exile”
from our second temporary downtown gallery space—the
site of the former Maceo’s Spice and Import Company
located on the corner of Market and 25th Streets. The
administrative offices are also at this location. The
gallery and selections from GAC’s retail gallery,
ArtWorks, are open to the public Wednesday through
Sunday from 11 am to 5 pm.
2501 Market | Galveston
TX 77550 | 409.763.2403 | www.galvestonartscenter.org
SUPPORT AND SPONSORSHIP
Funding for GAC’s exhibition programs is provided by The
Brown Foundation, Inc., Houston Endowment, Inc., Harris
and Eliza Kempner Fund, The National Endowment for the
Arts, Texas Commission on the Arts, the City of
Galveston through the Hotel Occupancy Tax Fund, and the
generous support of the community, volunteers and an
active membership. GAC’s Art for All Education Program
is supported in part by the Wilton and Effie Mae Hebert
Foundation, Texas Commission on the Arts, The Brown
Foundation, Inc., Alice Taylor Gray Foundation, Harris
and Eliza Kempner Fund, and the Jr. League of Galveston
County’s Community Assistance Fund.
LOCATION AND HOURS
Galveston Arts Center is located on the corner of Strand
and 22nd (Kempner) Street in historic downtown
Galveston. The building is currently closed until
further notice for repairs to damage from Hurricane Ike.
We anticipate re-opening in 2010. For more information,
call 409.763.2403 or visit www.galvestonartscenter.org.
Galveston Arts Center in Exile 2 is located at 2501
Market Street, Galveston, TX, 77550. The mailing address
for GAC remains the same: 2127 Strand, Galveston, TX
77550.
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