About this Event
Join curator Souleo, artist Beau McCall, and Halima Taha for a dynamic conversation about how buttons and photo-collages on metal transform everyday fabrics and personal archives into tributes to divas and blues emotion. McCall will discuss his punk–drag past, his evolution as "The Button Man," and how his luminous metal photo-collages capture queer underground influences and wearable art's social justice themes.
A legendary diva guest will speak about performance, identity, and the emotional power of blues and diva culture in LGBTQ+ liberation and Black artistic expression, followed by audience Q&A.
(Art: Diva Worship: Sarah Dash, 2025 by Beau McCall.)
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
BEAU McCALL: DIVAS, BLUES, AND MEMORIES
Curated by Souleo
Like a mixtape layered with rhythm, recollection, and reverence, Beau McCall: Divas, Blues, and Memories invite us into a world where music and memory converge—where love, loss, and celebration coexist in lyrical harmony. Curated by Souleo, this exhibition stands as both a tribute and a reckoning, revealing how art and sound can hold the weight of history while still shimmering with joy.
Through McCall's collages and button-laden creations, visitors feel the pulse of communities that found freedom and family on the dance floor, in the recording studio, and in each other's arms. His Diva Worship series exalts the transformative power of performance—the divas whose voices gave courage to those on the margins and who, in turn, became mirrors of queer resilience and beauty. In REWIND: Memories on Repeat, McCall turns nostalgia into narrative, using the language of collage to honor friendships lost to time and celebrate the life force that music preserved in their memory, while the Blue series channels the emotional depth of the blues, echoing artists like Billie Holiday who taught the world that vulnerability could sing.
Souleo's curatorial lens amplifies this interplay between personal story and collective history, drawing out the symphony within McCall's practice—how music becomes material, how memory becomes melody. Together, artist and curator orchestrate a space that transcends genre or era; a place where visitors are invited not only to look, but to feel, listen, and remember.
Ultimately, Divas, Blues, and Memories is a celebration of the indomitable spirit that art and music embody—a testament to the way creativity transforms pain into poetry, loss into legacy, and rhythm into healing.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Hammonds House Museum, 503 Peeples St SW, Atlanta, United States
USD 0.00
