Exhibition of Contemporary Native American Work Planned
Raritan Valley Community College’s Arts & Design department will present EDGE + CENTER, an exhibition showcasing the work of eight Indigenous American artists, January 22-February 19, in the Art Gallery at the College’s Branchburg campus.
The show is being curated by RVCC Adjunct Professor Lydia Grey Barnes. The opening, which includes a live performance and artists’ talk, will be held Friday, January 31, from 5-7 p.m. This event is free of charge and open to the public. Refreshments will be served.
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).
Lydia Grey Barnes, Somerville, NJ (Mohegan), will initiate a performance at the opening reception that will be available for audience participation throughout the exhibition.
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. For further information, contact Arts & Design, 908-218-8876.
RVCC is located at 118 Lamington Road in Branchburg, NJ. 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/
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