Although I missed my own opening at Baxter Street last week (which looked amazing from Instagram btw)....I have my opening reception and conversation with curator & artist Jarrett Earnest to look forward to at Anthology Film Archives this Thursday. We’ll chat about Balloons Umbrellas and Snow and the importance of the archive. Come join us. BALLOONS UMBRELLAS & SNOW MATTHEW PLACEK 6-8PM OPENING RECEPTION September 15 2022 ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES 32 Second Avenue 6PM Matthew Placek in Conversation with Jarrett Earnest BAXTER ST at CCNY & ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES, September 7 – October 15 2022 NEW YORK CITY www.balloonsumbrellasandsnow.com BALLOONS UMBRELLAS & SNOW is presented by Baxter St at CCNY and MADE POSSIBLE IN PART BY THE ROCKEFELLER BROTHERS FUND BALLOONS UMBRELLAS & SNOW Matthew Placek in conversation with Jarrett Earnest 6PM September 15 2022 ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES Jarrett Earnest is an artist, writer and curator living in New York City. His books include What It Means To Write About Art: Interviews with Art Critics (David Zwirner Books, 2018), The Young and Evil: Queer Modernism in New York 1930-1955 (David Zwirner Books 2020), Painting is a Supreme Fiction: Jesse Murry Writings, 1980-1993 (Soberscove, 2021), and Devotion: Today’s Future is Tomorrow’s Archive (Public, 2022). His writing has appears regularly in the New York Review of Books,among many exhibition catalogs and other publications. Portraits by Emil Cohen (Placek) & Jonathan Grassi (Earnest) #balloonsumbrellasandsnow #matthewplacek #jarrettearnest #kodak #35mm #film #baxterstccny #anthologyfilmarchives #rockefellerbrothersfund #matthewplacek