6 p.m.
SCAD Museum of Art
601 Turner Blvd.
Savannah, Georgia
Hear the stories behind Derrick Adams’ exhibition Patrick Kelly, The Journey with Alexandra Sachs, executive director of SCAD FASH. Sachs will walk you through Adams’ abstract collages and sculptural works, which incorporate Kelly’s vintage clothing patterns, iconic fabrics, bold and colorful geometric forms, and embellishments, and also discuss how Kelly’s connection to the city of Atlanta enriched the exhibition through the loan of a very special collection to the museum.
About the exhibition
Patrick Kelly, The Journey emerges from artist Derrick Adams’ extensive exploration into the archive of the influential African-American fashion designer Patrick Kelly (1954–1990). Kelly was the first American to be admitted to the Chambre syndicale du prêt-à-porter, the prestigious governing body of the French ready-to-wear industry. Adams immersed himself in the Kelly archive at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture in New York, where he discovered a trove of correspondence, sketches, swatches, photographs, and other memorabilia, including a proposal for a book about Kelly’s life written by his friend, the esteemed poet Maya Angelou.