Enjoy an evening with Darlene R. Taylor as she reads from her book, HEIRLOOMS. HEIRLOOMS presents the poetry, prose, and mixed-media collage of multidisciplinary artist Darlene R. Taylor. Taylor portrays the inner lives of women through salvaged vintage cloths and worn materials she collages onto silhouette portraits set in mid-19th century landscapes around the Chesapeake Bay, whose historic waters she calls an archive. HEIRLOOMS accompanies Taylor’s solo exhibition at the Academy Art Museum (April 5 – July 14, 2024). The book is a creative assemblage of her writings and art commissioned by the Museum along with new and earlier works from her residency at the home of legendary textile artist Aminah Robinson.

Copies of HEIRLOOMS are available for purchase in our Museum Shop or online. Each copy is a handcrafted book with 68 pages, 10” x 11” and artfully bound by Igloo Press. Available in paperback and hardback. Each hardback book is signed and editioned by the artist.

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