Jon Henry: Stranger Fruit
Stranger Fruit is a prayer, a protest, a silent commemoration, a call to action. Artist Jon Henry was haunted by the 2006 shooting of 23-year-old Sean Bell, one among scores of Black lives lost to police violence. The photographer’s response became a country-spanning set of modern American Pietàs—Black mothers cradling their sons. The mothers feel the weight of their sons, we feel the weight of love, of violence, of history.
Source: https://ucrarts.ucr.edu/exhibitions/jon-henry-stranger-fruit/
On Saturday, October 7, 6–8pm, UCR ARTS hosts its Fall Reception. Come check out the current exhibitions, including David C. Driskell & Friends: Creativity, Collaboration & Friendship; Jon Henry, Stranger Fruit; Every Day We Have to Invent the Reality of this World: AI Post Photography; and Be A Man: Richard Allen May III’s Exploration of Black Masculinity in a White Patriarchal Society at the California Museum of Photography, and Marsia Alexander-Clarke: MIRANDO and Heresies: Still Ain’t Satisfied at the Culver Center of the Arts.
4:00pm: Panel discussion with UCR CHASS Dean Dr. Daryle Williams and the curators of David C. Driskell & Friends
6:00pm: Artist’s talk with Jon Henry in conjunction with Jon Henry, Stranger Fruit
6:45pm: A capella performance by Idyllwild-based women’s choir Local Color
7:15pm: A capella performance by Idyllwild-based women’s choir Local Color
6-8pm: Celebration of all UCR ARTS exhibitions
Admission to the galleries and these events is free.
This program is supported by the Teiger Foundation, the College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences at UC Riverside, and the City of Riverside.
Image: Jon Henry, Untitled #42, Central Los Angeles, CA. Image courtesy of the artist.