RESIST COVID / TAKE 6!

Nasher Museum and Duke Arts staff are preparing to install an unprecedented outdoor exhibition and public awareness campaign by nationally renowned artist Carrie Mae Weems. RESIST COVID / TAKE SIX! emphasizes the disproportionate impact of the deadly virus on the lives of communities of color. This powerful art initiative will take shape on the exterior walls and windows of the Nasher Museum and Rubenstein Arts Center this month. In October, the installation will expand along the length of the Arts Corridor, from the Sarah P. Duke Gardens gate to Campus Drive street pole banners to the Carpentry Shop (home of the MFA EDA program). Learn more: RESIST COVID / TAKE 6!

Nasher in the News

"What sets this [exhibition] apart from previous Nasher installations is its scope: Weems' fusion of photographs and PSA's concerning the intersection of the COVID-19 pandemic and racism will exist not only throughout Duke's campus, but the entire Durham community and beyond." —The Chronicle. Read more

RESIST COVID / TAKE 6! is led by MacArthur winning artist Carrie Mae Weems' Social Studies 101 in association with Pierre Loving and THE OFFICE performing arts + film. Carrie Mae Weems is currently the artist-in-residence at Syracuse University. At Duke, RESIST COVID / TAKE 6! is co-presented by the Nasher Museum, Duke Arts and Duke Health. Media sponsor: The Chronicle.

Great Hall photo by Wendy Hower.


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