Two of my photographs are included in the exhibition In My Backyard at GearBox Gallery.
Raspberries for breakfast
The beginning of hope/The hope of beginning
The show runs from August 18 through September 12, 2022. An opening reception is scheduled for Saturday, August 20, from 1:00 - 4:00 p.m., with a juror’s talk at 2:00. A closing reception is scheduled for Friday, September 2, from 5:00 - 8:00 p.m., during Oakland’s First Friday celebration of the arts.
GearBox Gallery is located at 770 West Grand Avenue, Oakland, CA 94612, and can be reached by phone at 510-271-0822.
You can preview the show here.
The jurors for In My Backyard were Gallery Curator Eric Murphy and owner Joyce Gordon of Joyce Gordon Gallery. Eric Murphy wrote of this exhibition:
The selection process focused on the literal and obvious backyard references first, of course nature and climate change fit in between. Then in the expressed version we often use, “It happened in our own backyard,” as in being close to us in one capacity or another. Next, we moved further out to the social and political experience of what “happens in our own backyard.” Other works are more about abstract interpretations of “In My Backyard” in a virtual sense or a place of mental comfort. Ultimately the selections are eclectic, intended to encompass the various interpretations of the theme.