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The Vibrancy of Family Life: Louis Carlos Bernal’s Work with Color
Virtual Lunchtime Lecture
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Speaker: Ana Perry, Assistant Professor of Modern and Contemporary Art at Oberlin College
Tuesday, October 1, 2024, 12:00–1:00 p.m.
Location: Virtual
Free; Ticket Required
Nanita Mendibles, Barrio Anita, 1978. Louis Carlos Bernal. Chromogenic print; 23 x 23 cm. Collection of the Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona, Gift of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, 82.77.67. © Lisa Bernal Brethour and Katrina Ann Bernal
About The Event
Come to the CMA for a quick bite of art history. Every first Tuesday of each month, join curators, conservators, scholars, and other museum staff for 30-minute talks on objects currently on display in the museum galleries.
The talk explores how Louis Carlos Bernal implemented a highly saturated color photographic practice to emphasize the creativity, styling, and vibrancy of domestic life within the Mexican American neighborhoods of the Southwest. Looking specifically at Nanita Mendibles, Barrio Anita and Color Contact Sheet, Lubbock, Texas, this talk aims to highlight how Bernal’s use of color, rather than black and white, was a powerful choice to feature the individuals behind the bright, decorated aesthetics that define Mexican American neighborhoods.
Guests receive the Zoom link on their confirmation email once they reserve a ticket.
Sponsors
All education programs at the Cleveland Museum of Art are underwritten by the CMA Fund for Education. Principal support is provided by Dieter and Susan M. Kaesgen. Major annual support is provided by Brenda and Marshall Brown, David and Robin Gunning, Eva and Rudolf Linnebach, Gail C. and Elliott L. Schlang, Shurtape Technologies, and the Kelvin and Eleanor Smith Foundation. Generous annual support is provided by Gini and Randy Barbato, the M. E. and F. J. Callahan Foundation, Dr. William A. Chilcote Jr. and Dr. Barbara S. Kaplan, Char and Chuck Fowler, the Giant Eagle Foundation, Robin Heiser, the late Marta and the late Donald M. Jack Jr., Bill and Joyce Litzler, the Logsdon Family Fund for Education, Sarah Nash, William J. and Katherine T. O’Neill, William Roj and Mary Lynn Durham, Betty T. and David M. Schneider, the Sally and Larry Sears Fund for Education Endowment, Roy Smith, Paula and Eugene Stevens, the Trilling Family Foundation, and the Womens Council of the Cleveland Museum of Art.
The Cleveland Museum of Art is funded in part by residents of Cuyahoga County through a public grant from Cuyahoga Arts & Culture.
Education programs are supported in part by the Ohio Arts Council, which receives support from the State of Ohio and the National Endowment for the Arts.
