September 3: Reception! Somewhere Over the Rainbow of Row Homes, We Fly
A Spectrum of Artists with Baltimore Connections
CADVC presents Somewhere Over the Rainbow of Row Homes, We Fly, an intergenerational group exhibition organized by curator Angela N.Carroll and featuring artists based in, or deeply connected to, Baltimore. On view from August 25 through November 24, the exhibitionc onsiders the city’s fertile cultural landscape through experimental and interdisciplinary artistic practices. Its title is inspired by the narrative poetry ofm ultidisciplinary artist NIA JUNE.
Baltimore is a city of dreamers. The creative genius that pervades the region offers profound perspectives about the power of our collective imagination to transform our world. As the world grapples with myriad crises—forever wars, widespread economic insecurity, and threats against democracy—the artistic perspectives presented in Somewhere Over the Rainbow of Row Homes, We Fly are radically optimistic about humanity’s ability to triumph over adversity.
The exhibition brings together a range of artists and artistic mediums with works by Kelvin Bulluck, Roy Crosse, Brianna Faulkner, Darrius Fox, Lehna Huie, Jeffrey Kent, Ada Pinkston, Kim Rice, Margaret Rorison, Ernest Shaw, Shan Wallace, and Jasmine Gabrielle Washington, and a public presentation of a filmic work produced by the collective NIA JUNE + Kirby Griffin + APoetNamedNate. Through serial compositions, photographic triptychs, poetic floating installations, and kaleidoscopic cinema, these artists contemplate themes of home, memory, and community.
In the words of curator Angela N. Carroll, “The exhibition celebrates and affirms alternate conceptions of reality through speculative and abstract anti-representational expressions and forms. Glitch, distortion, rupture, and defiant challenges to traditional technical and material applications offer prescient responses to the tumultuousness of the 21st century.”
Exhibition Programming
Opening reception and artist panel—with Brianna Faulkner, Jeffrey Kent, Kim Rice, Margaret Rorison, and Shan Wallace in conversation, moderated by Angela N. Carroll
Free outdoor concert featuring Brandon Woody alongside public projection of “The Unveiling of God/ a love letter to my forefathers”by NIA JUNE + Kirby Griffin + APoetNamedNate.
Artist roundtable on experimental practice, moderated by Ernest Shaw
Artist roundtable on memory, communal and familial archives, and land sovereignty, moderated by Jasmine Gabrielle Washington
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