The West of Us

“The West” is a particularly American notion, simultaneously defining and defying a sense of Americanness. Who frames our assumptions of the West? What happens when we see the American West through the lens of a white woman in the early twentieth century, or a black man in the early twenty-first century? How do gender, race, and temporality challenge or deepen our own image of what the West might be?

Join us on Wednesday, April 28, at 5:00pm Pacific time, as Lois Leveen leads a discussion of the American West in photographs by Johnnie Chatman and Lora Webb Nichols.

REFOCUSING is a Free Salon-From-Anywhere program from Blue Sky Gallery, in which we explore ways to redefine and strengthen community by engaging online with photographs and with each other.

Register in advance for this meeting: HERE

After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting.