April at Blue Sky
April Exhibitions and Programs at Blue Sky
Blue Sky is pleased to announce April Exhibitions and Programs. Please join us on Apr 6 from 5 - 8 PM for First Thursday Opening!
Kristen Joy Emack
Cousins
image © Kristen Joy Emack
Apr 6 - 29, 2023
First Thursday Opening: Apr 6, 5 - 8 PM
Artist Talk: TBA
Kristen Joy Emack’ s ongoing series Cousins chronicles the gorgeous arc of childhood. It captures the tension, beauty, humor, and closeness that exists within familial bonds. Emack has been photographing her daughter and nieces for close to a decade. Between them is an intimate and spiritual knowledge that is both ordinary and extraordinary. As they have matured, they have begun to understand that the lives of Black girls are not well documented, or widely published. While her work is not exclusively about representation, one added intention of this series is to bring forward that perspective. She hopes that when they look back on this work, they see their beauty and devotion to each other, and will find themselves here, in this work they made together, reflected with love.
2022 Critical Mass Exhibition
Liliana Guzmán
Next to Myself
image © Liliana Guzmán
Apr 6 - 29, 2023
First Thursday Opening: Apr 6, 5 - 8 PM
In-Person Artist Talk: Sat, Apr 8, 1 PM
Liliana Guzmán’s exhibition Next to Myself combines painting and photography to reflect upon the formation of the self as an individual with social and ethnic components. Each piece is a culmination of layers; the photographic print, gouache paint, charcoal, and other mark-making objects. Photographic elements ground the body in a concrete physical space, while paint emphasizes what the mind perceives. Stemming from her background as a bicultural Colombian-American woman, this series addresses the sociocultural dualities of her exposure to different conceptions of the Latinx female body and how ethnicity, gender, and memory continuously build upon the many layers that make up who you are.
2023 Pacific Northwest Drawers
Apr 2023 - Mar 2024
First Thursday Opening: Apr 6, 5 - 8 PM
Blue Sky is pleased to announce the 59 artists selected for the 2023 Pacific Northwest Drawers. Each artist showcases a series of 10 photographic works, which will be on view in the Pacific Northwest Drawers flat files and on the Blue Sky website from April 2023 through March 2024. These selections showcase the range and vibrancy of Pacific Northwest artists working in the photographic medium.
Playing Through Photography
New Work by PNCA Photo Students
image © Joshen Ray Bonifacio
Apr 6 - 29, 2023
First Thursday Opening: Apr 6, 5 - 8 PM
Playing Through Photography will bring new work by PNCA photo students on our community exhibition wall throughout April. This exhibition is juried by Teresa Christiansen, Head of the Photography Department at Pacific Northwest College of Art.