🍂September at Blue Sky

Exhibitions and Programs at Blue Sky in September

This month we are treated to work that has come out of our Partnership with NYC-based En Foco that supports the work of emerging artists of color. After reviewing the 2021 En Foco Photography Fellows, Blue Sky’s exhibition committee chose Amarise Carreras and Spandita Malik to each receive a solo exhibition at Blue Sky

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Amarise Carreras

Nene Sin Patria (Our mother's hands became our homes)

image © Amarise Carreras

September 3 - October 1

Member Preview Day - September 2

Artist Talk - September 3, 2 PM at Blue Sky

As a photo-based performance artist, in her work, Amarise Carreras highlights a collection of spiritually revential images that reveal a collaboration between Amarise’s bisabuela and the Boricua womxn that raised them, and considers Amarise’s own investigation of the Santeria religion.

Spandita Malik

Nā́rī - Threads of Identity

image © Spandita Malik

September 3 - October 1

Member Preview Day - September 2

Artist Talk - September 3, 12 PM at Blue Sky

Spandita Malik tackles the problematic misogynist culture of India and the very real state of domestic violence by bringing women together to find agency. Through an inherited language of embroidery and by inviting collaboration, barriers are broken, creative spaces become safe havens, and art becomes a way to redefine women’s destinies.

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