Learn About the "Runaway of Love" Fashion Exhibit at the Peabody Essex Museum
Thu, May 12
|Salem
Join us to meet the presenting curator of the upcoming exhibition, "Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love", at the Peabody Essex Museum. Museum staff will present about the artist and exhibition.
Time & Location
May 12, 2022, 6:30 PM
Salem, 2 East India Square, Witch City Mall #121, Salem, MA 01970, USA
About the event
Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love celebrates the career and legacy of fashion designer Patrick Kelly (born in Vicksburg, Mississippi, 1954–1990). Based in Paris from 1979, Kelly was primarily self-taught and fearlessly drew inspiration from his experiences growing up in the American South, his Black heritage, his days in the New York and Paris club scenes, and his personal muses. His light-hearted and sophisticated designs pushed racial and cultural boundaries, asserted Black empowerment, and were rooted in expressions of love and joy.