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Daphne’s Wardrobe Artist Conversation
May 15 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Included with admission or membership
Join exhibition curator Carole Ann Klonarides, Daphne’s Wardrobe artist iris yirei hu, and ICA LA curator Amanda Sroka for a discussion exploring identity, transformation, and spiritual connection in Daphne’s Wardrobe—Metamorphosis into Nature.
iris uses literal and metaphorical references to a human and spiritual connection to life, exploring the cycles of life and death, the earthly and the otherworldly, and the infinitely evolving self.
Included in the price of admission or membership, no event registration required. Meets in the Sturt Haaga Gallery.
This program is supported, in part, by Perenchio Foundation and the Pasadena Art Alliance.
About the program participants
Carole Ann Klonarides is a renowned contemporary art curator, educator, and writer, and she has held positions at the Santa Monica Museum of Art (now ICA Los Angeles) and the Long Beach Museum of Art.
iris yirei hu is a multidisciplinary journey-based artist from Los Angeles who works across paintings, installations, intercultural collaborations, writing, and public art.
Amanda Sroka is a researcher, writer, programmer and Senior Curator at ICA Los Angeles.