The evening begins in the Drendel Auditorium (in the same building as Hickory Museum of Art) where Executive Director Clarissa Starnes will outline how this project came to fruition. She will be joined on stage by special guests Virgil Ortiz (Cochiti Pueblo), Artist and Indigenous Futurist; Kassidy Plyler (Catawba Nation), Cultural Public Programs Specialist, Catawba Nation, Cultural Division; and Randy Bacon, Photographer and Humanitarian.

Following the program, guests at the event will have first access to the I AM exhibitions. After exploring the galleries, the evening will conclude in the Drendel Auditorium with the premiere screening of Virgil Ortiz’s latest short film.

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