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Friday Nights at NOMA: Gallery Talk on George Dunbar, Amanda Shaw music
Fri, January 20th, 2017 at 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Friday Nights at NOMA opens the museum’s doors for many interesting activities: live music, movies, children’s activities, and more.
- 5 to 8 pm: Art on the Spot
- 5:30 to 8:30 pm: Music by Amanda Shaw
- 6 pm: George Dunbar: Elements of Chance: Gallery Talk with Katie Pfhol
About George Dunbar
Join curator Katie Pfohl as she gives a Gallery Talk entitled George Dunbar: Landscape and Place.
This talk explores NOMA’s current exhibition George Dunbar: Elements of Chance, focusing on Dunbar’s role in introducing abstract art to the South. Dunbar’s richly textured works explore abstract art’s connection to landscape and place, and this talk will introduce Dunbar’s unique vision for abstraction and highlight Louisiana’s pivotal—if widely underestimated—role in the broader story of 20th century American art.
About Amanda Shaw
At 24 years old, fiddle player and singer, Amanda Shaw is part of the new breed of young, roots-based musicians (i.e., Lumineers, Mumford, Ed Sharp, Old Crow Medicine Show, Alabama Shakes) who have embraced both traditional sounds and pop sounds of the mainstream. Her roots lie in Louisiana, mixing her classically trained violin playing with Cajun dancehall melodies and vocals that drip sweet cherry pie and southern girl grit. Amanda counts Loretta Lynn, Dolly Parton, Shania Twain, Chrissie Hynde, and Bonnie Raitt as her primary influences. Not only for their strong vocals and powerful styles, but also because they broke new ground with their crossover success and successfully integrating the sound of their roots to the mainstream and this reflects in her own girl-powered sexy, sassiness of her live performances, her sharp witty lyrics and her fashion statements. Amanda has spent her youth implementing the same mission as her role models, becoming one of the leading Cajun fiddlers today. Her deep talent led to becoming one of the youngest headliners at music festivals not only throughout the world.