Note: this even has been postponed -- please stay tuned to cacno.org, our e-newsletter, and social media for updates on a reschedule date.
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The CAC invites front line healthcare workers and the general public to join Gia M. Hamilton for a day of restoration in the Gris Gris Lab, An Afrofuturist Apothecary located inside the CAC's Oval Gallery. The afternoon will include a healing tea ceremony, gris gris making workshop, auricular acupuncture, and group meditation.
This is part of a series of healing-centered programs associated with the CAC's 2021 Gulf South open call exhibition "Behind Every Beautiful Thing: Encountering Bodies, Wrestling the Human Condition," on view through September 26, 2021.
Admission is free and open to health care workers and the general public, with RSVP required.
About the Exhibition
"Behind Every Beautiful Thing: Encountering Bodies, Wrestling the Human Condition" offers a deeply personal portrayal of artists’ experiences with health and illness, and the reverberating impact on the life, body, and psyche of the individual and their community.
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About the Gris Gris Lab
Created by “Gris Gris Mama” Gia M. Hamilton and located inside the CAC's Oval Gallery, the Gris Gris lab is an Afrofuturist Apothecary designed to ground, shift energy, and prepare the viewer to enter the portal and the exhibition. Activations will take place in this space throughout the summer of 2021.