Art 25: Art in the 25th Century presents
Kinship: Translations of Place-Based Memory
Private Opening: February 22, 2025
Public Opening: February 23, 2025- Ongoing
An iteration of Art 25: Art in the 25th Century, a dynamic collective comprised of artists Lisa Jarrett (Portland, OR), Lehua M. Taitano (Santa Rosa, CA), and Jocelyn Kapumealani Ng (Honolulu, HI). It is the culmination of years (and ancestral lifetimes) of shared curiosity, vision, and an outright insistence to see their culture thrive within contemporary art. Art 25 investigates how Indigenous and Black art lives in the 21st century and collaborates with contemporary artists worldwide who envision how it will flourish in the 25th century and beyond. In forming a future archive, the collective interrogates historical access, curation, collection, consumption, and preservation of Indigenous and Black art and culture.
As a continued kinship and commitment to the people of Turtle Island, works of art by Weshoyot Alvitre, Tongva descendant will be in ceremony...
Art 25 has been featured in exhibitions by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center, Orí Gallery, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Arts Research Center at UC Berkeley, and forthcoming projects with Delisted and Festival of Pacific Arts and Culture (FESTPAC).
Kinship: Translations of Place-based Memory is made possible in part through Southern California Pacific Islander Community Response Team (SoCal PICRT) and the Center for Cultural Power, Constellations Folk Arts and Cultural Stewardship Grant, in partnership with the California Arts Council.