Scattering Dreams
Art in Response to global Crisis
Feb. 29, 2020 - April 11, 2020
CURATORS
Lisa Tuttle
Richard Washington
ARTISTS
Ugo Agoruah, Chloe Alexander, Ricardo Frazer, Carrie Gambrell, Amir Hamer, Terry S. Hardy, GW Harper, Marlon Hitchcock, Debra Renee Jeter, Melinda Lampkin, Arthur Moore, Marilyn Ocasio Nieves, Clarrissa Octavia Pettijohn, Corrina Sephora, WADDY , Camil Williams and Keith Yates
Scattering Dreams is a curated exhibition exploring issues of global immigration, refugee crisis and the violence immigrants and refugees often face.
FEBRUARY 29th 2020 - APRIL 11th, 2020
Curators- Lisa Tuttle and Richard Washington
Artists- Ugo Agoruah, Chloe Alexander, Ricardo Frazer, Carrie Gambrell, Amir Hamer, Terry S. Hardy, GW Harper, Marlon Hitchcock, Debra Renee Jeter, Melinda Lampkin, Arthur Moore, Marilyn Ocasio Nieves, Clarrissa Octavia Pettijohn, Corrina Sephora, WADDY , Camil Williams and Keith Yates.
The Juried Awardees
1st - Corrina Sephora - Uprooted
2nd - Chloe Alexander- Bienvenindos
3rd - Amir Hamer- Amazihg
“Scattering Dreams” seeks artists whose artwork addresses global immigration and refugee crisis. Every day, we are bombarded with news stories and images from around the world of immigration, citizenship, asylum seekers, refugees, detention and deportation. There are over 43 million refugees in the world today, the largest number in history. In Georgia, ten percent of the state’s population was born in another country, while 1 in 13 Georgians is a native-born U.S. citizen with at least one immigrant parent.
How can we, as artists, create and present artwork that sparks critical thinking, empowers alternative narratives, and inspires ourselves and our communities to be more aware and compassionate to the plight of people – often our neighbors - caught in these political and environmental crises?