Reimagining America
Presented by the Arroyo Arts Collective and Ace/121 Gallery
Curated by Diane Williams
July 19, 2018 through September 8, 2018
RECEPTION: Sunday, August 12th from 2-5pm
Ace/121 Gallery
121 N Kenwood St, Glendale, CA 91206
(Gallery entrance is in back of building off Louise St.)
The personal is political, a slogan used in the 1960’s by the student movement and 2nd wave feminism emphasizes the connections between personal experiences and socio-political structures. It can be argued that all art is political. Reimagining America addresses the myriad issues in times of personal, social and economic uncertainties. The show explores the way images can move us by constructing and changing our social reality.
What is the scope of art and how does it deal with everyday politics? We invited artists to submit work that create discussions of power between people, real or imagined. The selected artists in the show challenge the social quo, traditional boundaries, and question the dominant discourse. Aesthetics, structures, personal, private and public, all exist in the same socio-political spaces. This show is our interpretation of how we can reimagine America through art and active participation.
Selected Artists: Erin Adams, Laura Brody, Lauren Mendelsohn Bass, Rick Dallago, Karen Duckles, Gwen Freeman, Jeanie Frias, Kathi Flood, Peter Hess, Sandy Huse, Cathy Immordino, Leah Knecht, Gina M., Randi Matushevitz, Mike McLain, Mike Mollett, Michael-René Prince, Samuelle Richardson, Kuniko Ruch, Sergio Teran, Amanda Thomas, Young Summers
About the Arroyo Arts Collective
The Arroyo Arts Collective was established in 1989 as a community organization of artists, writers and performers who live and work in Northeast Los Angeles, including the neighborhoods of Highland Park, Mt. Washington, Montecito Heights, Cypress Park, Lincoln Heights and Eagle Rock. Historically rich in tradition, the area bordering the Arroyo Seco was Los Angeles’ first cultural center at the beginning of the 20th century and the site of the Southwest Museum, the city’s first. A large concentration of artists continues to reside in northeast Los Angeles in some of the city’s most thoroughly multicultural and richly diverse neighborhoods.
About Ace/121 Gallery
The ACE/121 Gallery is a resident-run venue of an arts-focused affordable housing project for artists of all ages in Glendale, CA.
About Diane Williams
Diane Williams is a multidisciplinary artist and emerging curator living and working in Los Angeles, CA. She earned her BFA degree from CSU, Long Beach in 2013. Her work has been featured in select publications and exhibited in solo shows including Beautiful Creatures at Cerritos College Gallery, INcongruence at Gallery 825 in Los Angeles (2018) and several group exhibitions, with upcoming residencies in 2019 at Museum of Art and History MOAH-Cedar in Lancaster, Ca and LFCSA in Los Angeles, Ca. Williams has works in both private and public collections: National Immigration Law Center, Los Angeles and Washington DC headquarters (2016) and Azusa Pacific University (2017). www.dianewilliamsartist.com
