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Effective January 1: Masks are Optional in VisArts’ Classrooms and Studios
Join us on January 12, 2025 from 1-2 PM for an online, moderated conversation about ETA, an exhibition curated by VisArts’ 2024 Emerging Curator, Jordan Horton, which is on view in the Kaplan Gallery from November 8, 2024-January 19, 2025. Horton will discuss the show with exhibiting artists Mollye Bendell, JLS Gangwisch, and Christopher Kojzar, members of the Baltimore-based collective strikeWare.
Curator’s Statement (Abridged)
Inspiration for ETA came from a wide array of transit-related happenings in Maryland, from the sudden and tragic Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse in Baltimore to the placement of VisArts in Rockville, which is situated in the Interstate 270 Technology Corridor. The artwork aims to comment on the spaces many people move through, the unnoticed aspects until disturbed, and the political implications of the state of transportation and movement.
To further illustrate the show’s theme, the three artists live in different parts of the United States, adding a compelling dimension to their exploration of transitory dwelling and how a collective continues to stay together despite being miles apart. VisArts’ Kaplan Gallery reunites their collective while allowing the artists to meditate upon how distance has challenged and alternated their joint practice and allowed their separate ones to prosper.
This program is free and open to the public. It will be held online via Zoom. RSVP below to let us know you’ll be joining us and we’ll email you the Zoom link.
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