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CURRENT Exhibition

In a Family Way by Kehayr Brown-Ransaw

 

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 15th from 6-9PM

Show Runs: April 15 - May 27, 2023

In a Family Way by Kehayr Brown-Ransaw uses archives of family photographs, legal ledgers, and intimate family conversations to challenge the white-driven ancestral paradigm of the individual and conceptualize the communal experiences of the family instead as the central narrative. Brown-Ransaw designs and makes large-scale quilts, rich in color and pattern; integrated into each design are transfers of family photographs.  These textiles are a tactile link between current diasporic experiences and those of his ancestors. The narrative is, in a sense, the life cycle of a quilt as a meditation on its historical context, both from its use as currency by enslaved women to gain access to white society and as a utilitarian comfort object. In a Family Way uses these quilts and a site-specific installation of threads twisted into ropes as a tactile link between current diasporic experiences and those of his ancestors.

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INTEND by Tia Keobounpheng

 

Opening Reception: Saturday, April 15th from 6-9PM

Show Runs: April 15 - May 27, 2023

INTEND by Tia Keobounpheng uses the geometry of needlework to move her consciousness beyond binary narratives to imagine a more complex framework of understanding. The work in this exhibition holds the space between intention & impact and speaks to the committed inner work of learning to truly see ourselves in context.  Keoboupheng’s meticulously drawn and stitched paperwork can only be seen in reflections from mirrors on the wall. The messier beauty of the reverse stitching, typically the hidden side, faces the audience. It is her roadmap, her place on earth, her geometry, with precision lines collapsing into frayed edges and loose ends.

Two side by side images on black paper. The left image is lines of thread in a grid pattern, with some frayed ends. The right side is diamond and square shapes in red, blue, green and yellow.

Upcoming exhibitions

A Way Through by Erin Paradis

 

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 17th from 6-9 PM

Show Runs: June 18 - July 16, 2023

A Way Through by Erin Paradis translates her observations of the natural and unnatural environments that absorb her surroundings into ceramic works.  Those encounters become shapes, objects, and compositions that seemingly ordinary spaces reveal to her. The ceramic works are recollections of these spatial encounters, an impression of line, texture, and color. Paradis highlights the spark of intrigue that occurs when we first become captivated by something new. 

For (Y)Our Eyes Only by Hale Ekinci 

 

Opening Reception: Saturday, June 17th from 6-9 PM

Show Runs: June 18 - July 16, 2023

In Turkish, the words for “you” (sen) and “I” (ben) share common letters, and there are no gendered pronouns. Everything in the natural world is “o” in the third person, and you and I overlap intimately. This imprecise language, double-meaning words, and absurd sayings leave room for playful interpretation - misinterpretation of the world. How we mutually understand each other is contextualized by the cultures we belong to and the languages (both verbal and visual) we share. The works in For (Y)Our Eyes Only by Hale Ekinci are encoded textiles, circumventing power structures and creating a place of humor and beauty where the othered finds a place of connection. Ekinci yearns for the shared letters of ben, sen and, in that yearning, creates a new visual language where empowerment is  disrupting systems and establishing new ones; there is strength in an inside joke.

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SooVAC is closing at 4:30 on Wednesday May 24th, regular hours will resume on May 25th.

Wednesday 11am-6pm

Thursday  11am-6pm

Friday  11am-6pm

Saturday  11am-5pm

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