Celia Stahr: Frida Kahlo, America and the Impact of Place Apr. 25

The McAninch Arts Center (MAC), in association with the Cleve Carney Museum of Art (CCMA), is hosting a series of 2021 virtual events celebrating iconic Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. These events offer the chance to explore the artist’s influences and legacy ahead of the landmark “Frida Kahlo: Timeless” exhibition June 5 - Sept. 6, 2021. MAC director and "Frida Kahlo: Timeless" Executive Director Diana Martinez moderates.

The next event in the series: Celia Stahr, “Frida Kahlo, America, and the Impact of Place” 3 p.m., Sunday, April 25. In this lecture Celia Stahr, author of “Frida in America: The Creative Awakening of a Great Artist,” details Kahlo’s early days in San Francisco, New York and Detroit in the 1930s during the early days of her marriage with Diego Rivera. This period saw major steps towards Kahlo’s creative awakening, which Stahr will explore.

“We’re thrilled to be able to bring attention to Stahr’s book," says MAC director and "Frida Kahlo: Timeless" Martinez. "I believe it will give our audience and area Frida Kahlo fans some interesting insights into the artist in advance of their visit to the ‘Frida Kahlo: Timeless’ exhibition coming to the Cleve Carney Museum of Art and the MAC in this summer."

Celia Stahr, PhD is a native of California, developed a love of art and culture due to her many experiences traveling to Cuba, Mexico, East and Southern Africa, Western Europe, China, and every region of the United States. She has a background in modern and contemporary art history (with a particular focus on issues of race and gender) as well as in African art and the diaspora. Stahr is interested in artists who cross cultural boundaries and the political, social, artistic, and psychological ramifications of such actual or imagined "border" crossings.

Tickets for Celia Stahr, “Frida Kahlo, America, and the Impact of Place” are $10. Ticket holders will be sent a link. For tickets or more information visit AtTheMAC.org.

"Frida Kahlo: Timeless," on view June 5 to Sept. 6, 2021, will be the largest Frida Kahlo exhibition in the Chicago area in more than 40 years, and is hosted by the CCMA and MAC located at 425 Fawell Blvd. on the campus of at the College of DuPage. The exhibition will feature a 26-piece collection on loan from the Museo Dolores Olmedo as well as a multimedia timeline, 100+ photographic images from the artist’s life, a family-friendly children’s area and a Frida Kahlo inspired garden designed by Ball Horticultural Company, enabling museum-goers of all ages to grasp an understanding of Kahlo’s life and work through a variety of contexts. For tickets and more information visit Frida2021.org.