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BLACK THREAD OPENING CELEBRATION

January 15, 2023 @ 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM

| FREE

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UPDATE: Available space for the Artist Conversation at the McCarthy Center portion of the event has SOLD OUT.  Please join us via ZOOM. You are still welcome to attend the 2:30 PM opening Celebration at the Museum.

[SOLD OUT]1:30 pm Artist Conversation between Jill Wells and Ricki King at the McCarthy Center for Nonprofit Learning, 700 Locust Street (enter the Roshek building on Locust).  Join via ZOOM

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthdate, Ricki King of Roots to Branches Genealogy will join Des Moines artist Jill Wells for a conversation about her work, family story, and the Great Migration.

2:30-4 pm Celebration

Explore Wells’ immersive work in DuMA’s lobby and enjoy food from Frannie’s Barbeque and music by Iowa Music Award 2022 fan favorite, DJ Nita Beat.

Sponsored by GreenState Credit Union and John Deere Dubuque Works