Current Show • January 7 to February 27, 2021
(Window Only)
BRIDGE THROUGH MY WINDOW: In Support of Black Lives Matter
A Window Display at Gallery A3
ART FORUM ON ZOOM
Thursday, February 4, 7-8:30
BRIDGE THROUGH MY WINDOW: In Support of Black Lives Matter
Continuing a series of gallery window exhibitions, Gallery A3 presents Bridge Through My Window: In Support of Black Lives Matter, a group show by member artists, opening on Thursday, January 7 and running through February 27, 2021. An Art Forum will be held on Zoom on Thursday, February 4 at 7:30 pm.
The exhibition's title, “Bridge through My Window,” takes inspiration from an Audre Lorde poem of the same name. The show is a collection of works by gallery members that seek through their making and viewing to convey a sense of looking inward as artists in regards to race, privilege and collective change. As white artists we hope to learn as we go – to open up and expand our “tokenism” to genuinely protest racism.
Audre Lorde famously introduced herself to audiences as a "Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet." Her work bridged experiences and ideas that others might see as separate: art and politics, race and sexuality, economics and culture. According to The Poetry Foundation, "Audre Lorde dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia."
This exhibition in the gallery’s windows represents Gallery A3’s efforts to keep visual art actively present in the community, despite restrictions due to the coronavirus. In addition to the gallery’s front windows, exhibition space expands into the adjacent storefront of the temporarily closed GoBerry Frozen Yogurt in Amherst.
Gallery A3, an artists’ cooperative, is supported in part by a grant from the Amherst Cultural Council, a local agency, which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. The gallery also thanks GoBerry Frozen Yogurt for graciously allowing its windows to serve as exhibition space for BRIDGE THROUGH MY WINDOW.
*Quote from (Poetry Foundation. (n.d.). Audre Lorde. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/audre-lorde
Continuing a series of gallery window exhibitions, Gallery A3 presents Bridge Through My Window: In Support of Black Lives Matter, a group show by member artists, opening on Thursday, January 7 and running through February 27, 2021. An Art Forum will be held on Zoom on Thursday, February 4 at 7:30 pm.
The exhibition's title, “Bridge through My Window,” takes inspiration from an Audre Lorde poem of the same name. The show is a collection of works by gallery members that seek through their making and viewing to convey a sense of looking inward as artists in regards to race, privilege and collective change. As white artists we hope to learn as we go – to open up and expand our “tokenism” to genuinely protest racism.
Audre Lorde famously introduced herself to audiences as a "Black, lesbian, mother, warrior, poet." Her work bridged experiences and ideas that others might see as separate: art and politics, race and sexuality, economics and culture. According to The Poetry Foundation, "Audre Lorde dedicated both her life and her creative talent to confronting and addressing injustices of racism, sexism, classism, and homophobia."
This exhibition in the gallery’s windows represents Gallery A3’s efforts to keep visual art actively present in the community, despite restrictions due to the coronavirus. In addition to the gallery’s front windows, exhibition space expands into the adjacent storefront of the temporarily closed GoBerry Frozen Yogurt in Amherst.
Gallery A3, an artists’ cooperative, is supported in part by a grant from the Amherst Cultural Council, a local agency, which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. The gallery also thanks GoBerry Frozen Yogurt for graciously allowing its windows to serve as exhibition space for BRIDGE THROUGH MY WINDOW.
*Quote from (Poetry Foundation. (n.d.). Audre Lorde. https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/audre-lorde
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ADDITIONAL LINKS: Find visit us on Instagram, Facebook, and our new Vimeo page. Amherst Media: Pictures at an Exhibition: Video Interview with Constance Hamilton Daily Hampshire Gazette: Art, demystified: ‘Pictures at an exhibition’ features TV interviews with artists in Amherst (featuring Constance Hamilton) ARTISTS IN COMMUNITY
Forums and videos are part of the Artists in Community program. This program is supported in part by a grant from the Amherst Cultural Council, a local agency, which is supported by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. 
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