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“Don’t mind if I do” with work by Felicia Griffin at moCa Cleveland

“Don’t mind if I do” destabilizes rigid ableist and exclusionary museum “best practices” like sparse seating, untouchable objects, dense wall labels, and guards who protect rather than invite engagement. It is a project built upon a framework of flexibility. By welcoming glitches, inviting informality and messiness, and unsettling the hierarchy of objects, “Don’t mind if I do” prioritizes people over artwork and makes more room for us to show up as our full selves. Read More …

Friday July 7 //  “Don’t mind if I do” with work by Felicia Griffin opens at moCa Cleveland

NIAD artist Felicia Griffin and Executive Director Amanda Eicher will be in person at the opening reception for this incredible exhibition! “Don’t mind if I do” destabilizes rigid ableist and exclusionary museum “best practices” like sparse seating, untouchable objects, dense wall labels, and guards who protect rather than invite engagement. It is a project built upon a framework of flexibility. By welcoming glitches, inviting informality and messiness, and unsettling the hierarchy of objects, “Don’t mind if I do” prioritizes people over artwork and makes more room for us to show up as our full selves. Read More …

A graphic promoting an exhibition. Below a row of black cutout star shapes, in the top left of the image, in exuberant black text that has a hand-cut feel, are the words “Feeling Language” in all caps. Below, in the same font, a column lists the artists participating in the exhibition. Each word is separated by a diamond or a star shape. The upper right corner of the image features an artwork by Sara Malpass, credited in the bottom right corner: on a black page with faint white lines, holepunched on the right side, is a list in white handwritten cursive. Below that, in cut-out style font: “Opening Reception Sat Oct 8 1-4pm”

NIAD Gallery Reception // “Feeling Language” organized by Kate Laster

Gallery Reception Saturday October 8 1 to 4PM NIAD Art Center Join us at NIAD Art Center to celebrate our October exhibitions! Main Gallery // Feeling Language, organized by Kate Laster About the Exhibition This show is all about comfort text: resilience in everyday words, writing and reading. Expression can also be wordless, the use of line and color as new vocabulary, pushing a thought out onto a surface, making marks and continuously trying to communicate with the world.  We tell stories to sustain ourselves and find each other. These messages embedded in art become an emotional telegram– a signal flare Read More …