Interwoven

Bob's Gallery, Bushwick, NY, 
Curated by Sammy Bennett and Weihui Lu
Feb 2-Mar 10 2024, Open Sundays, 1-5 p.m
Opening reception Friday, February 2, 6-9 pm

We are not Meant to Be Seen - Angela, the project is supported by the Civitella Raniery Foundation.

“Interwoven”,  a desire to weave together the multiplicity of voices in our community, a celebration of our varied identities and histories, and the shared desire to make room for and listen to each other. True community is complex, and not always easy. It is multi-generational, small red satin breucci made by a mother for her daughter. It is the wound of estrangement, of the loss of a shared language across immigrant generations. It is the understanding that illness and pain take their time and build their walls, in a system that has not made allowance for them, never-mind support. Perhaps it is the understanding of each other’s wounds, and the desire to help heal them, that makes community. Through our presence, our patience, and our touch, we hope to stitch together a new—and gentler—way to be interwoven. - Sammy Bennett & Weihui Lu 

Artists: Amir Badawi Annette Hurr Brigitta Váradi Clare Hu Defne Tutus Georgia Lale Isis Davis-Marks Jeanne F. Jalandoni Kat Ryals Katherine Yaochen Du Katrina Slavik Lena Schwartz Lexy Ho-tai Linda Sok Margie Neuhaus Melika Abikenari Nick D'Ornellas Ophelia Arc Sammy Bennett Scott Walker Yasmeen Abdallah Zuriel Waters