From John Bhogal’s I deserved a better goodbye at the AS220 Main Gallery to the Bannister Gallery’s Annual Faculty Showcase, September’s Gallery Night was an evening of installations, artists, and the public in conversation — full of immersive exhibitions where visitors engaged not only with the artwork but also with the curation of each space.
Between the 6 free guided tours and people visiting the gallery shows on their own, we had over 250 people participate. The tours attracted a variety of folks, both local and as far as Missouri, Florida, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and San Juan Puerto Rico!
Be sure to keep telling your friends and family about Gallery Night!
“Love seeing nooks and crannies of my city I would never know are there. ”
“We visited very interesting galleries, great art work, everything was good. ”
Installation by Paul Myoda in poly-perspectives
September’s exhibitions unfolded like self-contained worlds, each with its own story, rhythm, and sense of place. Guests on the 5:45pm tour experienced the luminescent, industrial-inspired installations by Paul Myoda at The Chazan Gallery. The entrance to the gallery became a portal to another realm – glowing walls adorned with sculptures shimmered in the dark and the space took on a life entirely of its own.
Artwork by Jazzmen Lee-Johnson at AS220 Aborn Gallery
Those on the 5pm tour got to play video games, reflect in a dining room, gather in a living room, and engage with a transformative exhibition, GO ‘HEAD, FIX YOU A PLATE at AS220’s Aborn Gallery. Curators Jazzmen Lee-Johnson and Persephone Allen put the work of four artists in conversation to evoke Black matriarchal home spaces. As visitors were invited into the gallery, they were asked to ponder: what does it mean to make a home? To create and share space? Space to celebrate, to grieve, to come together?
The vibrancy of Gallery Night continued at Angell Street Galleries where visitors on the 6pm tour explored the work of 12 different artists, creating in a variety of media, in a group Autumn Exhibition. Figurative artist Grace Tasel created an evocative charcoal piece directly on one of the gallery’s walls for the show, and artist Richard Bradly showcased his gizmos — intricate, moving and curious little sculptures, through which he shares [in his own words] "secret thoughts, personal stories, and hidden signals that can be triggered by precious inanimate possessions."
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