Fresh(AIR): Artist in Residence Weekend
Saturday & Sunday Feb. 21-22 | 12-5 PM
Mention "Fresh(AIR)" at front desk for free admission!
Our Fresh(AIR): Artist in Residence weekend returns for the Mixed Feelings: Existing in the Space Between exhibition. For two days, artists will be treating the Brea Gallery as an open studio- see art being created before your very eyes, learn more about techniques and the creative process, and enjoy conversations with living, breathing, exhibiting artists!
Looking to learn more about making art?
This installment of Fresh(AIR) will host two exhibiting artists from Mixed Feelings: Long Beach painter, illustrator, and print-maker Derick Edwards will be demonstrating his painting techniques and process, while photographer and soft-sculptor Naima White will be hosting a "Make Your Own Talisman" workshop. All materials will be provided and visitors are welcome to take their project home with them.
Derick and Naima will be in the gallery from 12-5 PM on both days. Visitors are invited to engage with our artists in residence, to receive an in-depth look into their motivations and technical processes, and to learn and create art with practicing professionals.
Looking for a deeper dive into the themes and context surrounding this socially and emotionally engaged exhibition?
Join us on Sunday, Feb. 22 to hear Duke University professor Anna Storti Ph.D discuss her upcoming book, Torn: Asian/white Life and the Intimacy of Violence, an investigation into the political and affective tensions that surround mixed race identity and interracial desire. Torn raises Asian/white life as the representative case study to examine a familiar narrative of inner strife—that being of two distinct racial histories is to be rendered a body in tension, torn between ancestral lineages. Rather than refute this stance, Storti traverses an ever-growing archive of aesthetic, literary, and cultural portrayals of Asian/white racial mixture, showing how people of mixed race either refuse, rework, or reify the politics of US multiracialism.
Dr. Storti will be in the gallery from 12-5 PM with exhibiting artist Bianca Nozaki-Nasser to discuss how mixed-race creators use art and performance to reflect on their racial identities. Visitors are invited to hear exerts from Torn in connection to the exhibiting artwork, and to gain a deeper understanding into the social, political, and physiological conversations surrounding the multi-ethnic experience.
What else should you know?
- Admission is free! Just mention "Fresh(AIR)" at the front desk for free admission!
- Parking is also free and located beneath the Civic Center (take the elevator up to Lvl 1!)
- Our Artists in Residence may be bringing small works for sale- don't miss your chance to see and purchase some exclusive art!
- There are no set schedule to this event weekend, drop in anytime from 12-5 PM on Saturday and/or Sunday to join in on any and all activities!
- Free admission for the event also grants you free admission to our current exhibition, Mixed Feelings- enjoy the exhibition and all this programming at no cost!