Thrilled to share that the Crocker Art Museum has recently acquired Rowan, Appling, GA.2016.
The Crocker Art Museum is the primary resource for the study and appreciation of fine art in the Sacramento region. In addition to a robust schedule of changing exhibitions, visitors can explore California art dating from the Gold Rush to the present; a renowned collection of Master Drawings and European paintings; one of the largest international ceramics collections in the United States; and collections of Asian, African, and Oceanic art.
Where the Tree Grows curated by Mayumi Hamanaka
July 19, 2024 — September 20, 2024
Opening Reception: Friday, July 19, 6-8pm
Chia Amisola, Alison Chen, Philip Crawford, Amy Elkins, John Yoyogi Fortes, Charles Lee, Shantré Pinkney, Helia Pouyanfar, Georgina Reskala and rhiannon skye tafoya
Hours: Tue - Fri: 12-5pm
Gallery Location:
Kala Gallery, 2990 San Pablo, Berkeley, CA 94702
Where the Tree Grows features new works by 2023-2024 Kala Fellowship and Media Residency artists: Chia Amisola, Alison Chen, Philip Crawford, Amy Elkins, John Yoyogi Fortes, Charles Lee, Shantré Pinkney, Helia Pouyanfar, Georgina Reskala and rhiannon skye tafoya
Artists in Where the Tree Grows examine their cultural roots, family lineage, and ancestral connections. Through family archives, rituals, and technology, they investigate the transient nature of diasporic passages and migration, illuminating and reclaiming shared and lost narratives. Many search for notions of selfhood, self care and communal healing reflecting on intergenerational trauma and systemic oppression.
Together these projects invite us to revisit our own connections to the communities and technologies that shape and have the potential to empower us. Art is a powerful catalyst to revisit historical, personal and communal narratives and to create further dialogue, community healing, and support for a more equitable future.
Parting Words
Curated by Jacob Rhodes
May 16 - June 20, 2024
Preview: May 16, 6-8pm
Artist Reception: June 6, 6-8
Artist Talk: June 8, 4pm
Field Projects is honored to present AMY ELKINS : PARTING WORDS.
Parting Words is a visual archive created out of mug shots and testimony readily available through public records of the 560+ people executed in Texas prisons since 1976, the year the ban on capital punishment was overturned. Using an algorithm, Elkins converted each mug shot into looping excerpts from last utterances ranging from confessions to hymns, protest to sorrows and fears. Parting Words is a work in progress, growing in size with the growing numbers of those executed in Texas, a state responsible for over 37% of all executions in the United States, which is more than the totals of Virginia, Oklahoma, Florida, Missouri, Georgia and Alabama combined.
