Curated by Ceci Moss

The group exhibition "How We Gather" investigates the notion and enactment of solidarity across various contemporary artists’ practices through the lens of the pandemic.

Opening Party Saturday October 7th, 2-6pm, Free 

Featuring a new commission by Elana Mann and Sharon Chohi Kim, performed by the San Diego New Verbal Workshop at 4pm.

Taco catering 2-4pm, open bar 2-6pm.

Participating artists include: Zarouhie Abdalian, Adelita Husni-Bey, Pia Camil, Cog•nate Collective, Kimi Hanauer, Susan Jahoda, Elana Mann, noé olivas, Nina Sarnelle, Selwa Sweidan, Caroline Woolard, Alice Yuan Zhang

The state of emergency brought on by COVID-19 both magnified existing structures of precarity and inequity while also strengthening social bonds. In the words of writer, activist and artist Johanna Hedva, as a society we witnessed, “what happens when care insists on itself, when the care of others becomes mandatory, when it takes up space and money and labor and energy.”1 The failures, shock and losses brought on by the pandemic revealed a deficit of care, inspiring many artists, activists and theorists to re-evaluate how their work can generate a greater responsibility to a collective body, and a shared sense of unity. From conversations on “solidarity economics” to attempts to build “solidarity infrastructures,” this exhibition will take stock of what "solidarity" in the arts means today.