Event is free with RSVP. Seating will begin at 6P with conversation beginning promptly at 6:30P. Space is limited; RSVP does not guarantee seat. Talk will take place on our outdoor, shaded rooftop.

Hear from Rodney McMillian, the inaugural winner of the Suzanne Deal Booth Art Prize, about his exhibition Against a Civic Death. 

Chief Curator Heather Pesanti joins McMillian to talk about his new art in the context of a larger body of work that weaves elements of US social and political history, the body, and architecture into complex tapestries entrenched in myth, memory, and storytelling.

Sign up at the talk to order a signed, discounted copy of the forthcoming catalogue, to be released in Fall 2018! Rodney McMillian: History is Present Tense showcases The Contemporary Austin exhibition alongside a history of the artist's performance-based work from 2000-2017. The book, co-published by The Contemporary Austin and Radius Books, includes installation images, new scholarly research, and essays by Heather Pesanti, Adrienne Edwards, Bennett Simpson, and Cherise Smith. Special discount for pre-ordering in person the evening of the artist talk!