Aug 11-Sep 15 2024: A PLACE OF HER OWN Exhibition
You are invited to view this found-object based art exhibition. PLACE multiethnic, multigenerational alumni artists share their healing journeys and the art created in answer to the question, "If you had a place of your own, what would it be?”
Using found objects, their intuition and self-agency, they create works that speak to their healing journeys, imperfect, messy and gloriously full of epiphanies.
August 11. Opening: Gallery 12-5 pm Recep 1pm - 4pm
August 18. Artist Talk: Gallery 12-5 pm/ Talk 1pm - 4pm
Sept 15. Closing Celebration: Gallery 12– 3pm
Location: J-Sei at 1285 66th St, Emeryville, CA 94608
Artists include: Ahran Lee, Amy Lam, AVOTCJA, Christina Yu, Christine Yang, Cueponcaxochitl Moreno Sandoval, Cynthia Tom, Deborah Santana, Emily Yamauchi, Frances Cachapero, Irene Wibawa, Jazz Diaz, Julie Lee Andersen, Katie Quan, Manon Wada with Sanié Bokhari, Martha Zamora, PAZ Zamora, Purla Montiel, Reyna Daudian, Shari Arai DeBoer, Tomo Hirai, Yeujin Yoon, Zaina Berger
Acknowledgements
It takes a village: Cris Matos - our emotional, photographic and installation support since 2009. Shari Arai DeBoer, and Irene Wibawa - all things financial. Katie Quan and PAZ, DeAnn Glenn and Amy Lam.
Thank you: Jill Shiraki, Avotcja, Diana Li, Susan Almazol, Maggie Yee, Ed Fung, Brian Garvey, Reiko Fujii, Ravi Chandra MD, Christina Yu LSW, Deborah Santana, Renee Baldocchi, Antonio Salazaar-Hobson and Katherine Poss Salazaar, Ahran Lee, Tomo Hirai, Jonathan Farrell. Sue Tom and Janet King.
Community Partners: Asian American Women Artists Association (AAWAA)-fiscal sponsor, Korean Community Center East Bay, J-Sei Cultural Center, 7GEN Art House (Central Valley), SOMArts Cultural Center, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA), Pacific Asian American Women Bay Area Coalition (PAAWBAC).
Funded in part by the California Arts Council (CAC) IMPACT grant, San Francisco Arts Commission, Do A Little Fund, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts/CAC Creative Corp Grant-Cynthia Tom Awardee.
Youth Speaks/CAC- “California Legacy Artist” - Cynthia Tom.
Art to heal has the emotional heart power to drive social, cultural and personal transformation.