The Sky Is Blue And We Are Still Tender
Image Credit: Still image from “untitled (point in movement),”
single channel video w/sound, 03:05 min, 2014 by Betelhem Makonnen
The sky is blue / and we’re still / tender
Opening Reception: Friday, October 4th, 7-10p
Cloud Tree Studios & Gallery, 3411 East 5th st
On View: October 4 – 26, 2019
Gallery hours: Saturdays 12-5p or by appointment
Additional programming TBD
“What if we joined our wildernesses together? Sit with that for a minute. That the body, the life, might carry a wilderness, an unexplored territory, and that yours and mine might somewhere, somehow meet. Might, even, join.” – Ross Gay
This exhibition is an arrangement of works by artists offering forms of connection between, through and within each other.
Ross Gay (2019). “Joy is Such a Human Madness”. Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill. Book of Delights (pp. 49). Chapel Hill, North Carolina: Workman Publishing.
Featuring works by artists:
Beverly Acha // http://www.beverlyacha.com/index.php
Geoffrey Aldridge // http://www.geoffreyaldridge.com/
Claire Bresette // http://www.clairebresette.com/
Hallie Brewer // http://www.halliebrewer.com/
Ted Carey // https://www.briefbird.com/
Sev Coursen // http://arcaneworld.com/
Sarah Kennedy // http://sarahkennedy.art/
Kirsten Lofgren // https://kirstenlofgren.com/
Betelhem Makonnen // https://betelhemmakonnen.com/
Veronica Mognato + Ana Treviño Collective // https://veronicamognato.cargo.site/ + https://www.anatrevino.net/
Kendall Ozmun // https://www.kendall-ozmun.net/
Francesca Simonite // http://www.francescasimonite.com/
This project is supported in part by the Cultural Arts Division of the City of Austin Economic Development Department. Visit Austin at NowPlayingAustin.com. Thank you to our sponsors including Firestone Brewery, Tito’s Handmade Vodka, and The Roadie ATX