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The Lost Cause merges art history and contemporary imagery to construct an alternate reality, critiquing representations of race, masculinity and ultimately exploring “history” as a malleable and inherently creative enterprise. The work reimagines symbols and elements of history and imbues them with a new mythology replete with iconography that subverts white male gaze. 

Guest curated by curatorial collective Triptych Arts, this exhibition looks at the different codices of Black folk magic and its widespread international iterations that continue to challenge Eurocentric modernist binaries.

Thursdays, 5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. Instructor: Kyle Miller In this Thursday night beginners’ ceramics class, instructor Kyle Miller guides students through introductory handbuilding techniques – pinch pot, slab, coil, and beginner sculpture – to create functional ceramic ware. 

This exhibition of new and existing work by Elsa María Meléndez (Caguas, PR 1974) explores the intersection of political and personal identity. Through large-scale fabric constructions, as well as small-scale dioramas that the artist calls “theaters”, the narrative spaces Meléndez creates tell stories that document the uncertainty one experiences while living in Puerto Rico, an “Island of Confusion.”

This exhibition of new and existing work by Elsa María Meléndez (Caguas, PR 1974) explores the intersection of political and personal identity. Meléndez experiments through different mediums, utilizing soft textiles, large-format embroidery, and serigraphs to create a body of work that traverses scale. Join us for a talk & gallery tour with the artist at 6 p.m.

Based in New York City, Akiko Ichikawa is an interdisciplinary artist, writer, and editor. Ichikawa's work, existing as performance, installation, and art.net, has been exhibited in The Hague Berlin; Philadelphia; Washington DC; Newark; St. Paul, Minnesota; and Incheon, South Korea.

During October Artwalk, join us at ACAC for the opening of Sometimes They Listen (Mobility) an exhibition of work by Akiko Ichikawa, featuring a special performance at 7 p.m.

Monday & Wednesday, 5:30 p.m. - 8 p.m. Instructor: Rachel Wright In this glass fusing workshop with Rachel Wright, you will make your own jewelry pieces using colored glass powders and different shapes that will give radiance and richness in your project.

Become a member between now and October 29th and get free tickets to the wildest party we can muster, with music, food, drinks, costumes, and above all, art.