Live Arts | Joseph Lefthand
October 22, 20246:00 pm - 7:30 pm
Free with museum admission. Illinois residents receive free admission on Tuesdays.
Joseph Lefthand. Photo: Tran Tran.
About the Event
Chicago-based performance artist Joseph Lefthand presents a site-specific performance examining public mourning and repair. Descended from the Cheyenne-Arapaho, Taos, and Zuni tribes, as well as American settlers, Lefthand uses choreography, fashion, and public display to create performances that invite viewers to imagine the undoing of social harm and reconciliation between communities.
About the Artist
Joseph Lefthand is a performance and movement artist based in Chicago. Of Indigenous and white ancestry, Lefthand takes an integrative approach to his work by utilizing fashion and presence to create intuitive choreographies that imagine reconciliation and the undoing of social violence between communities.
Funding
Lead support for the 2024–25 season of MCA Performance and Public Programs is provided by Elizabeth A. Liebman.
The MCA is a proud member of the Museums in the Park and receives major support from the Chicago Park District.