Exhibition - Where the Tree Grows
Thursday, September 19, 2024 from 12:00pm to 05:00pm
Kala Art Institute
Kala Art Gallery
2990 San Pablo Avenue
Kala Gallery is excited to present the exhibition Where the Tree Grows featuring new works by 2023-2024 Kala Fellowship and Media Residency artists: Chia Amisola, Alison Chen, Philip Crawford, Amy Elkins, John Yoyogi Fortes, Charles Lee, Shantré Pinkney, Helia Pouyanfar, Georgina Reskala and rhiannon skye tafoya.
Artists in Where the Tree Grows examine their cultural roots, family lineage, and ancestral connections. Through family archives, rituals, and technology, they investigate the transient nature of diasporic passages and migration, illuminating and reclaiming shared and lost narratives. Many search for notions of selfhood, self care and communal healing reflecting on intergenerational trauma and systemic oppression.Together these projects invite us to revisit our own connections to the communities and technologies that shape and have the potential to empower us.
Exhibition on view July 19 through September 20, 2024