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SUMMARY:Remarkable Presence
DESCRIPTION:Installation \nRemarkable Presence is an art installation by Jen Urso taking place at multiple locations across the Valley. The installation consists of small\, numbered paper suitcases representing the total number of COVID-19 related deaths in Arizona. While the main exhibition takes place at Walter Art Gallery in Scottsdale\, AZ\, Vision Gallery presents a portion of these paper suitcases in a supporting exhibition. \nWhen someone dies\, they leave behind all the parts of their life that they couldn’t take with them. Family and friends are left with the task of sorting through these objects and deciding what to keep\, what to give away and what to throw away. It seems impossible to place value on objects loaded with meaning and past purpose. “As my own sister was dying of cancer during this pandemic\, I was the main person to go through this process. I sorted through bags\, boxes\, bins and suitcases—making difficult decisions on objects that had been kept for another time\, but time ran out. I imagined all of the things my sister owned and had ever created being packed tightly into a suitcase and then bursting out of it when opened.” \n“As Arizona came to lead the world with the highest COVID-19 infection rate\, over a hundred people were reported dead each day. For each one of those people\, there was a family devastated\, like me\, who was faced with going through their loved-one’s belongings and making decisions. I decided I needed to make something that represents and honors each one of these individuals and to hold events where we could collectively grieve together.” The pop-up suitcases on display are a few of approximately 100 made including information from some of the hundreds of obituaries in Arizona where COVID was listed as the cause of death. \nPlease visit the website for more information on this project or to request to receive a suitcase. \nhttps://www.remarkablepresence.com/ \nCollective Grieving Event\nSaturday\, September 25\, 4pm-6pm \nIn addition to this installation\, one of several public “Collective Grievings” will be held at Vision Gallery on Saturday\, September 25\, 4pm-6pm. At this event\, the community is invited to receive an empty\, numbered suitcase from the Remarkable Presence installation with the agreement to emotionally tend to that person’s memory and belongings. Throughout the entire pandemic\, families and friends have had to delay their grieving because of limitations on in-person attendance at events. Many obituaries state that “due to covid…” they are delaying services\, limiting services or forgoing services altogether. The lack of communal grieving has put us in an even more isolated state of mind as we’re forced to be alone\, without the comfort of human touch or understanding face. This event serves as a moment to acknowledge our pain\, remember those who have passed\, and attempt to heal. \n“I hope that these events and this work will be an opportunity for us to share in the grief we’ve experienced over the past year. I hope it will give people the chance to think or talk about the person they miss.” – Jen Urso \nRSVP
URL:https://www.visiongallery.org/event/remarkable-presence/
LOCATION:Vision Gallery\, 10 E Chicago St\, Chandler\, AZ\, 85225\, United States
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SUMMARY:Abstracting Identity: Artwork by Miguel Angel Godoy
DESCRIPTION:As a Chicano kid growing up in a military family\, Miguel Angel Godoy struggled to find a community as he moved from base to base. That changed when he was introduced to Hip-Hop culture and the breaking (breakdancing) cypher\, where he found a community to connect to.  Over time\, Godoy’s interests evolved from breaking and graffiti to mural art. These shifts in interests led him to pursue an MFA in Painting and Drawing at ASU. As he navigated his MFA program and identity formation as a graduate student\, his canvases morphed from square to round\, emulating the circular breaking cypher where he felt most at home. At the same time\, his children were learning how to read\, sounding out words letter by letter\, but the once-familiar alphabet began to take on new meaning to Godoy. This meaning-making process created a critical awareness of the negative space between letterforms and their representation.  Godoy began abstracting and overlaying these shapes as a way of offering a new lens into the meaning behind words. His journey through identity formation led him to understand that the abstractions between words\, letters\, and finding our communities\, within each cypher all carry meaning and contribute to our own sense of belonging. In Abstracting Identity\, Godoy creates his own visual language to communicate the complexities of being human and finding a space where we belong. \nDe niño Chicano creciendo en una familia militar\, Miguel Ángel Godoy luchó por encontrar una comunidad mientras se mudaba de base en base. Eso cambió con su introducción a la cultura de Hip-Hop y Breakdancing (breaking cypher)\, donde encontró una comunidad con la cual conectarse. A través del tiempo\, los intereses de Godoy evolucionaron del baile break dancing y de la pintura de graffiti\, al arte de murales. Estos cambios en lo que a él le interesaba lo inspiró a perseguir una Maestría en Bellas Artes en Pintura y Dibujo en la universidad ASU. A medida que él navegaba por su programa de la maestría y la formación de su identidad como estudiante graduado\, sus lienzos se transformaron de cuadrados a circulares\, emulando los bailes “breaking cypher” circulares en los que se sentía más como en casa. Al mismo tiempo\, sus hijos estaban aprendiendo a leer\, sonando palabras letra por letra\, pero el alfabeto una vez familiar comenzó a tomar un nuevo significado para Godoy. Este proceso de creación de significados creó una conciencia crítica del espacio negativo entre las formas de las letras y sus representaciones. Godoy comenzó a abstraer y superponer estas formas como una manera de ofrecer un nuevo lente al significado detrás de las palabras. Su trayectoria a través de la formación de la identidad lo llevó a entender que las abstracciones entre las palabras\, las letras y la búsqueda de nuestras comunidades\, dentro de cada “breaking cypher\,” todas tienen sentido y contribuyen a nuestro propio sentido de pertenencia. En Abstracting Identity (Abstrayendo la Identidad)\, Godoy crea su propio lenguaje visual para comunicar las complejidades del ser humano y encontrar un espacio en el cual pertenecemos. \nImage: Miguel Angel Godoy\, En Contra \nOpening Reception / Recepción de apertura\nFriday\, October 8\, 6 – 8pm \nJoin us for a special party celebrating this exhibition! The CCA bar will be serving beer and wine\, a DJ will be spinning B-boy beats\, and visitors are encouraged to join the cypher. \n¡Únase a nosotros para una fiesta especial que celebra esta exposición! El bar CCA servirá cerveza y vino\, un DJ tocará ritmos B-boy y se anima a los visitantes a unirse a la cifra. \nRSVP for ReceptionView the Exhibition Online\nGallery Guide / Guía de la Galería\nDownload a copy of our Gallery Guide or pick one up when you visit! This postcard is packed with ways you can explore this exhibition further\, including an art-making activity and a link to a slideshow about Miguel’s artwork. \nDescargue una copia de nuestra guía de la galería o recoja una cuando visite. Esta postal está repleta de formas en que puede explorar más esta exposición\, incluida una actividad de creación de arte y un enlace a una presentación de diapositivas sobre la obra de arte de Miguel. \nDownload in EnglishDescargar en Español
URL:https://www.visiongallery.org/event/abstracting-identity-artwork-by-miguel-godoy/
LOCATION:Chandler Center for the Arts\, 250 N. Arizona Ave.\, Chandler\, AZ\, 85225
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SUMMARY:A Peculiar Nature: Artwork by Christy Puetz and Rebecca Blume Rothman
DESCRIPTION:Floating between familiar animals and unknown species\, the creatures depicted in Christy Puetz and Rebecca Blume Rothman’s work capture the viewer’s imagination. In this colorful\, provocative exhibition\, these artists skillfully twist nature into unusual situations\, drawing out the peculiarities and similarities between humans and animals. Through beading and tactile material\, Puetz’s fantastical\, anthropomorphic\, sculptures play in the ambiguous space between creepy and cute\, evoking a sentimentality from the creatures. Rothman’s collaged drawings add human features to wild animals\, creating a surreal aesthetic that blurs the line between man and beast. \nCombining the works of these two artists creates an air of ambiguity that references our own animal nature. Rather than forcing viewers to a conclusion or assumption\, these artists leave room for gallery goers’ interpretations. Maybe\, in the end\, what you will see in these works is shaped by your own relationship with the natural world\, however odd or wonderful that may be. \nVirtual Reception\nSaturday\, October 9\, 4pm\nHosted via Instagram Live @visiongalleryaz \nMissed the live virtual reception? No problem! We’ve saved it to our Instagram for you to watch any time. \nWatch OnlineExhibition Photos
URL:https://www.visiongallery.org/event/a-peculiar-nature-artwork-by-christy-puetz-and-rebecca-blume-rothman/
LOCATION:Vision Gallery\, 10 E Chicago St\, Chandler\, AZ\, 85225\, United States
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SUMMARY:Community Chalk Mural with Chris Jagmin
DESCRIPTION:Stop by the terrace at the Chandler Center for the Arts for some outside\, masked up\, community chalk coloring! Artist Christopher Jagmin has created a 10’ x 20’ chalk outline on the terrace\, and we are looking for Chandlerites of all ages to come and help color in the lines. Stay for 15 minutes or the whole two hours. Bring a friend\, bring a mask\, we’ll provide the chalk. While you’re in the area\, you can also visit Christopher’s colorful banners hanging outside Chandler City Hall. \nRSVP
URL:https://www.visiongallery.org/event/community-chalk-mural-4/
LOCATION:Chandler Center for the Arts\, 250 N. Arizona Ave.\, Chandler\, AZ\, 85225
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