The Daily Wire: The Lectures Grim

Art and death, then and now

As seasonal affective disorder reaches its annual peak, the Henry Art Gallery has chosen to display Dawn Cerny�s uplifting exhibit "We�re all going to die (except for you)." Aren�t you lucky? Actually, the exhibit looks to be a fascinating pairing of drawings by Cerny and pieces she selected from the Henry�s permanent collection. In addition to creating these artistic parallels, Cerny�s work addresses American attitudes towards death. For further morbid discussion, the museum is fortunate tonight to have Sandra Kroupa, book arts and rare book curator, to speak on late-19th-century mourning rituals and customs. In conjunction with the exhibit, Kroupa will give us the dos and don�ts of death during industrialization. Henry Art Gallery, 4100 15th Ave. N.E., 543-2280, www.henryart.org. Free. 7 p.m. BRENT ARONOWITZ