EDGE + CENTER
WHEN: January 22-February 19. The opening, which includes a live performance and artists’ talk, will be held Friday, January 31, from 5-7 p.m. Refreshments will be served. Gallery hours are Mondays, 3-8 p.m.; Tuesdays, 10 a.m.-3 p.m.; Wednesdays, 3-8 p.m.; Thursdays, 10 a.m.-6 p.m.; and Fridays, 1-4 p.m.
WHERE: the Art Gallery at the College’s Branchburg campus, 118 Lamington Rd., Branchburg
ADMISSION: free of charge and open to the public
For further information, contact Arts & Design, 908-218-8876.
Raritan Valley Community
College’s Arts & Design department will present EDGE + CENTER, an
exhibition showcasing the work of eight Indigenous American artists.
The show is curated by RVCC Adjunct Professor Lydia Grey Barnes. (Top: “i am going to meet my daughter” by Sydney Frances Pascal, video still, 2023)
The artists in the exhibition
come from across Turtle Island, which is the term for North America or Earth
used by some American Indigenous people. They create work using humor and
drama, inspired by history, politics, environmental concerns, family ancestry,
and current social issues. From video and
photography to painting and printmaking, each artist has their own
creative approach to Indigenous heritage, cultural identity, and how it fits
into contemporary life.
Exhibiting artists in EDGE + CENTER include: Lynne Allen, Brookline, MA (Lakota); Jeremy Dennis, Southampton, NY (Shinnecock); Edgar Heap of Birds, Oklahoma City, OK (Cheyenne); Sky Hopinka, Brooklyn, NY (Ho-Chunk/Luiseno); Caroline Monnet, Montreal, PQ, Canada (Anishinaabe/French); Sydney Frances Pascal, Vancouver, BC, Canada (Lilwat); Patrice Hall Walters, Pendleton, OR (Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla); Layqa Nuna Yawar, Newark, NJ (Kichwa-Kañari). (Right:
Lydia Grey Barnes, Somerville, NJ (Mohegan), will initiate a performance at the opening reception that will be available for audience participation throughout the exhibition.
For further information, visit https://www.raritanval.edu/arts and exhibitions.myportfolio.com and follow the RVCC Art Gallery Instagram feed at https://www.instagram.com/rvcc_art_gallery/