Curator Talk with Luis Croquer and Special Guests James Coupe, Mary Ann Peters, and Dan Webb

Join our curators as they share their perspectives and expand upon core ideas in our most recently opened exhibitions.

Luis Croquer, Deputy Director of Exhibitions, Collections, and Programs, is joined in conversation by James Coupe, Mary Ann Peters, and Dan Webb to discuss the ideas behind Paul McCarthy: White Snow Wood Sculptures. Surrounded by McCarthy’s monumental black walnut sculptures, the four will exchange thoughts with the audience about the work’s engagement with digital media, organic abstraction, social and cultural issues, and production technologies. 

Please join us after the program for light refreshments and to continue the conversation.

James Coupe is an artist, and associate professor at the UW's Center for Digital Art and Experimental Media (DXARTS). His work includes real-time public surveillance systems, live social media content, and, most recently, the employment of a global, virtual work force. Recent exhibitions include ZKM, Ars Electronica, and the Henry.

Mary Ann Peters' combined studio work, installations, public art projects and arts activism have made noted contributions to the Northwest and nationally for over 30 years. Her awards include the 2015 Stranger Genius Award in Visual Art, a 2013 Art Matters Foundation research grant, and the MacDowell Colony Pollock Krasner Fellowship (2011).

Dan Webb is a sculptor and wood carver. Currently represented by Greg Kucera Gallery, his work is in numerous museums throughout the country, including the Renwick Gallery of the Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington DC, the New Museum, Seattle Art Museum, the Portland Art Museum, the Museum Of Glass in Tacoma, and the Henry. He lives in Seattle.