Talks and Tours

Fresh Talk: Suchitra Mattai and Aruna D’Souza

Event Details

Event Date and Time

Wed, Dec 11, 2024
6 to 8 pm

Tickets and Reservations

Reservations required. Tickets will go on sale September 11 at 10 am.
General admission: $25
Students, seniors, D.C. residents: $22
Members: $20
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Location

Performance Hall (talk)

Mezzanine (cocktail hour)

A photograph of a medium-skinned woman with black hair, shown from the waist up. She is wearing a black zip-up jacket and has her arms crossed in front of her. She stands in front of a large-scale abstract tapestry made of red, orange, pink, and gold fabric.
Suchitra Mattai discusses her new NMWA exhibition.

Event Description

About the Event

Join us for a conversation between artist Suchitra Mattai and writer Aruna D’Souza. They will delve into the powerful meaning behind Mattai’s contemporary artworks and their juxtapositions with historical objects in the exhibition.

Together, Mattai and D’Souza will explore how the artist’s works challenge conventional colonialist narratives and offer an alternate vision that centers women of color. This Fresh Talk will provide deep insights into Mattai’s vision of the transformative power of art.

The talk will be followed by a salon-style cocktail hour from 7 to 8 p.m.

Suchitra Mattai: Myth from Matter is on view through January 12, 2025.

Accessibility

Accessibility Inquiries

If you are unable to register online or would like to indicate any accessibility services you require, please email kdaley@nmwa.org. Two weeks’ notice to request accessibility services is appreciated but not required. We will make every attempt to fulfill requests.