March at Blue Sky
March Exhibitions and Programs at Blue Sky
Blue Sky is pleased to announce March Exhibitions and Programs. Please join us on Mar 7 from 5 - 8 PM for First Thursday Opening!
Fazilat Soukhakian
Queer in Utah
Image © Fazilat Soukhakian
Mar 7 - 30, 2024
First Thursday Opening: Mar 7, 5 - 8 PM
In-Person Artist Talk: Sat, Mar 9, 2 PM
Fazilat Soukhakian grew up in Iran where she witnessed her LGBTQ+ friends and relatives dealing with severe discrimination and fear from not only the authorities but the (often insensible) community around them as well. After moving to Utah, she was shocked to find out that the LGBTQ+ community in certain regions of the US goes through similar struggles and challenges, both rooted in a system of self-doubt from a clash where faith and sexual orientation can’t seem to harmonize. In 2019, she began her project Queer in Utah to help normalize the LGBTQ+ community in the conservative setting of Utah by portraying these couples in affectionate poses and a local outdoor setting, similar to the dominant imagery found framed in the households of heterosexual couples.
Community Wall Highlight
Edis Jurčys: Being Near
Please join us on First Thursday for a book signing event with Portland photographer and Blue Sky Exhibition Committee member Edis Jurčys, on the occasion of the release of his new book, Being Near.
Sarah Malakoff
Personal History
Image © Sarah Malakoff
Mar 7 - 30, 2024
First Thursday Opening: Mar 7, 5 - 8 PM
In-Person Artist Talk: Sat, Mar 9, 3:30 PM
Sarah Malakoff's large-scale color photographs investigate domestic interiors as both a refuge from and a re-creation of the outside world. In this series Personal History, she turns her attention to objects displayed within American homes that reference culture, history, and ideology. These souvenirs resonate (sometimes humorously and sometimes disturbingly) with the other possessions and architecture that surround them, uneasily vacillating between heroism and kitsch, patriotism and colonialism.