Seaport

Artists David Antonio Cruz and Doron Langberg join Ruth Erickson, Mannion Family Curator, for a conversation about their creative processes and the opportunities for liberation, intimacy, and queer authenticity in contemporary figurative art, as shown in their works exhibited in A Place for Me: Figurative Painting Now. Joining the artists on the stage, Grace Sterling Stowell, founding executive director of the Boston Alliance of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Youth (BAGLY), will share her unique Boston perspective on the importance of visibility and representation for LGBTQ+ youth through the ongoing work at BAGLY.