Exhibition Tour of "Emilie L. Gossiaux: Other-Worlding" at the Queens Museum

Wednesday, April 3, 2024, 6 - 7:30pm

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Emilie Gossiaux tour

Join Cooper Union alumni, parents, and friends at the Queens Museum for a private tour of the exhibition "Emilie L. Gossiaux: Other-Worlding", led by the artist herself, Cooper Union alumna Emilie L. Gossiaux A'14, and curator Sarah Cho. Emilie lost her sight in an accident while a student at The Cooper Union. Her beloved guide dog London inspired her as she was creating the art for this exhibition. Learn more in this recent profile in the New York Times.

Exhibition Tour of "Emilie L. Gossiaux: Other-Worlding"
Wednesday, April 3
6:00 p.m. EST

The Queens Museum
New York City Building
Flushing Meadows Corona Park
Queens, NY  11368

$20 per person
Includes a private guided tour and light refreshments. Please register here.



About the Artist

Emilie L. Gossiaux (b. New Orleans, LA, 1989) lives and works in New York City. Gossiaux earned a BFA from the Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art in 2014, and an MFA from Yale School of Art in 2019. Her solo shows include Memory of a Body (2020) and Significant Otherness (2022) at Mother Gallery, among others. Select group exhibitions include Crip Time, Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt (2021); Greater New York, MoMA PS1 (2021); and 52 Artists, A Feminist Milestone, The Aldrich Contemporary (2022); among others. Gossiaux was awarded a John F. Kennedy Center’s VSA Prize (2013), the Wynn Newhouse Award (2019), a NYFA Barbara and Carl Zydney Grant (2021), the Colene Brown Art Prize (2022), and The Pébéo Production Prize (2023). Her work has been featured in publications such as The Brooklyn Rail, The New Yorker, Art in America, and Topical Cream Magazine.

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