Hannah  Barrett (b.1966) is a contemporary painter known for utilizing collage  to explore gender in art and history. Their portrait series "Tales from  the House of Gibson" (2009) imagines six imaginary descendants of the  Gibsons, combining features of the family as well as the house itself.  Exhibiting these works in the Gibson's Victorian home deviates from the  typical display of contemporary art, which is often contained in a white  and otherwise blank gallery space--as an artist who draws upon  historical references and includes these details in their works, Barrett  saw this as an exciting challenge. We have the opportunity to display  these portraits once again amongst the architecture, photographs, and  family heirlooms that Barrett referenced during their creative process.

Join  artist Hannah Barrett for a discussion of these site-specific artworks  and the museum objects and stories that inspired them. Barrett’s unique  depictions of nonbinary figures challenge our notions of gender and  historical rigidity. Their installation in this Victorian house museum  offer visitors an opportunity to reconsider the Gibson family through a  new lens.