On view: April 25 - May 23, 2026
Opening Reception: Saturday, April 25, 4 - 7pm
Closing Reception: Saturday May 23, 4 - 6pm
In Our Hands, In Our Words: A Conversation, Saturday May 16, 4 - 6pm - Featuring a special performance by tasha dougé
In Our Hands centers the boundless possibility of agency in tandem with imagination. In a formal sense, these artists' practices are underpinned by their relationship to unorthodox media and a mutual recognition that the primary difference between "object" and "artwork" is contextualization. The work in this show highlights adventurous materiality: mirrors, bedsheets, cotton, kanekalon and more all take on new aesthetic and meaning when viewed through the lens of creativity.
Philosophically, when something is "in our hands," we are endowed with a sense of responsibility. What does it mean to look forward in confidence with an assuredness of your impact? We are all stewards of something, be it land, a bloodline, an inheritance, five dollars at the bodega, a video caption, or a pencil mark across a page. Acknowledging that each of us has agency and power renders us accountable for not only what we choose to make and to do, but also the metaphorical ripples that extend beyond us, from neighbor to neighbor and onward into the future.
In Our Hands speaks to the forward-looking transformative action that results from seeing and engaging with our familiar world from a new perspective. When we apply creativity to our understanding and our behavior, we create beautiful things and arrive at new outcomes, surprising ourselves and modeling the behavior of open-mindedness for generations to come.
