MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. - Lubeznik Center for the Arts (LCA) will host a curator talk for its newest exhibition, "Kindred Spirits: Margaret Wharton and Betsy Odom" on Saturday, July 11 at 11:30 a.m. (Central).

The public is invited to join LCA's curator, Whitney Bradshaw, as she takes you through the art pieces of the "Kindred Spirits: Margaret Wharton and Betsy Odom" exhibition. Learn about the artists, their artwork, inspiration and process. You can ask questions to join in on the discussion.

"Kindred Spirits" brings together Margaret Wharton and Betsy Odom, two celebrated Chicago sculptors separated by nearly forty years in age yet strikingly aligned in spirit. Born in Virginia and Mississippi respectively, both artists arrived in Chicago carrying sensibilities shaped by Southern histories of making, repair and resourcefulness. Across generations, they share a fascination with everyday objects — chairs, sporting equipment, shoes — and with the gendered meanings attached to them. Through humor, exaggeration and meticulous craft, Wharton and Odom render the familiar delightfully unusable, transforming sculpture into a space where labor becomes play and expectations around gender, sexuality and function are pointedly, comically and wittingly undone. Joy, care and material intelligence anchor both practices.
 

Free gallery tours are available for small groups and organizations. To schedule a docent-led tour, contact Janet Bloch at jbloch@lubeznikcenter.org. To schedule a youth tour, contact Nelsy Marcano at nmarcano@lubeznikcenter.org.

For more information, contact Jessie Sexton, LCA’s marketing manager, at (219) 874-4900 or jsexton@lubeznikcenter.org.