In the Medium of Life: The Drawings of Beauford Delaney
May 30 – September 14, 2025
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ASL DrawNow! In the Medium of Life: The Drawings of Beauford Delaney (in-person)
June 7, 2025, 1:00pm – 2:30pm
Beauford Delaney, Central Park, 1950. Pastel on paper, 18 x 24 inches (45.7 x 61 cm). Courtesy of David Aknin. Photo © Estate of Beauford Delaney, by permission of Derek L. Spratley, Esquire, Court Appointed Administrator, Courtesy of Michael Rosenfeld Gallery LLC, New York, NY
Join us on Saturday, June 7 for an in-person drawing workshop presented in American Sign Language (ASL) and inspired by our current exhibition In the Medium of Life: The Drawings of Beauford Delaney, featuring works on paper by the American artist Beauford Delaney (1901–1979).
For Delaney, drawing was both a sanctuary and a space of experimentation where he could explore ideas with greater spontaneity—but this vital area of his oeuvre has received little attention. In the Medium of Life will include approximately 90 drawings, gouaches, pastels and notebook sketches marking distinct periods of Delaney’s career. The exhibition will also include several works on canvas and a detailed display of ephemera—documentary photographs, correspondence, exhibition brochures, and press clippings—compiled with the goal of providing a biographical backdrop for Delaney’s artmaking practice.
Please note this in-person workshop, hosted by teaching artists Nic Annette Miller and Joyce Hom, will be in ASL with no voice interpretation. It is free and open to the signing community.
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Free online programs are made possible by the Cy Twombly Foundation.
Support for this program is provided by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council through the CreateNYC Language Access Fund, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.
Education and Community Programs at The Drawing Center are made possible by the May and Samuel Rudin Family Foundation, Inc. and Fiona and Eric Rudin. Major support is provided by the Evelyn Toll Family Foundation, the LeRoy Neiman and Janet Byrne Neiman Foundation, and Hauser & Wirth. Additional support is provided by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, the Cornelia T. Bailey Foundation, and the Milton and Sally Avery Arts Foundation.