Opening Reception for LJ Roberts: Carry You With Me: Ten Years of Portraits

Pioneer Works

Join us on Friday, September 10 from 7–9 pm as we celebrate the opening of LJ Roberts: Carry You With Me: Ten Years of Portraits.

The opening reception is in conjunction with the opening of <a href="https://pioneerworks.org/exhibitions/laura-parnes-tour-without-end" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Laura Parnes: Tour Without End</a>. Light refreshments will be provided.<a href="https://pioneerworks.org/exhibitions/lj-roberts-carry-you-with-me-ten-years-of-portraits" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Carry You With Me: Ten Years of Portraits</a>, LJ Roberts’s first solo exhibition in New York City as well as first publication, is the result of a long-term, ongoing project, consisting of 26 six-by-four-inch embroidered portraits of the artist’s friends, collaborators, and lovers within New York City’s queer and trans communities. Stitched entirely by hand and typically completed during transit on subway trains, these embroideries illustrate how politics, culture, and identity manifest in both visible and subtle ways through encounters in daily life.Beginning on September 3, in accordance with the New York City mandate, <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/site/doh/covid/covid-19-vaccines-keytonyc.page" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">Key to NYC</a>, visitors (age 12+) must show proof of COVID-19 vaccination to enter Pioneer Works. Be prepared to show your proof of vaccination upon arrival at Pioneer Works. Please review our updated Health and Safety Policy <a href="https://pioneerworks.org/visit/" target="_blank" data-msys-clicktrack="0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer">here</a>.

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