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Unaccustomed Earth, a two-artist show that runs from 11/03/2023 - 01/14/2024, features the work of Emily Rose and Beatriz Whitehill. This exhibition honors Jhumpa Lahiri’s book of the same title which is inspired by a quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne about the resilience of people who move from place to place.
Lahiri’s book features vignettes of Bengali families in America maintaining some cultural traditions and reinventing others. This exhibition parallels that practice as each artist from the Caribbean diaspora illustrates the many ways they keep and reinvent cultural traditions through their own unique visual languages.
This group exhibition is organized into vignettes, similar to the novel. The two artists, working in a variety of media, reinforce the notion that there is no single answer for how one may learn to flourish in their unaccustomed earth. In painting, sculpture, and animation, each artist grapples with their position as storytellers, and forbearers of family culture and artistry all while exploring their diasporic identity in a way that is surreal, dream-like, and sometimes chaotic. The tone is magical realist, dissonant, comforting, and dreamlike.
Unaccustomed Earth will also mark the final exhibition occurring under the brand Beacon Gallery for the art space at 524b Harrison Avenue. Beacon Gallery will become a 501c3 nonprofit, rebranded as ShowUp.
Join Beatriz Whitehill and Emily Rose, as well as moderator Chenoa Baker for an online artist talk on December 13th. Register here
Read our commissioned essay by Jasper A. Sanchez: The Magic of Memory: Reimagining Resilience in Diasporic Puerto Rican Art
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Harmonía Creativa: Crafting Care through Collage
January 13, 2024 2-4 pm
Join Unaccustomed Earth artists Emily Rose and Beatriz Whitehill as they close out the exhibition with a community art event focused on self-care and warming the soul!
Harmonía Creativa: Crafting Care through Collage is a workshop for individuals, couples, or the whole family! Connect with your creative side, reflect on the year past, set intentions for the year ahead, or honor a loved one through an artmaking activity open to all.
Register for this free event on Eventbrite
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Tierra no acostumbrada, una exposición de dos artistas que se desarrollará del 3/11/2023 al 28/01/2024, presenta el trabajo de Emily Rose y Beatriz Whitehill. Esta exposición rinde homenaje al libro del mismo título de Jhumpa Lahiri, inspirado en una cita de Nathaniel Hawthorne sobre la resiliencia de las personas que se trasladan de un lugar a otro.