'Thicc-ening The Narrative' At The Clay Art Center
PORT CHESTER, NY — This month at the Clay Art Center, art will not only reflect our lives, but could also help change the way we view the works and ourselves. The Clay Art Center is celebrating Pride Month, from June 1 to June 30, with the online exhibition, "Thicc-ening The Narrative: Intersectional Reflections on Race, Queerness, and Body Size in Contemporary Ceramics."Organizers say that the invitational exhibition, guest curated by Deshun Peoples, reflects on intersecting identities during Pride Month. Participating artists include Carletta Williams, Shaun Mallonga, V Walton, Gerald Brown, Grace (Gray) Gittelman, and Haylie Jimenez.A Virtual Panel Discussion will take place on Thursday, June 20th, from 7 p.m. - 8 p.m. Statement From Guest Curator Deshun Peoples:"For this exhibition, I wanted to use the platform Clay Art Center provided to highlight intersectionality within the Queer (lgbtqia+) community. Navigating multiple marginalized identities and finding nourishing communities can be an arduous, trauma-latent process. I hope this exhibition serves as a place of refuge and rejuvenation for all of the Full[er]-Figured, Queer, and BIPOC communities as well as many others. I want this exhibition to not just celebrate fat, queer, BIPOC bodies, but also to reinvigorate a conversation on body size, politics of desirability, and fat justice as well as more fully imagine fatness as a social identity subject to structural oppression (particularly in medical, cosmetic/beauty, and dieting/fitness industries).In trying to hold space in authentic and robust ways, I wanted to highlight the experiences of those most marginalized in queer communities. As I reflect on what queerness means to me, it has always been intricately linked to my Blackness, and I am increasingly sensitive to the ways in which my body size colors my experiences. Gone are the days when we have to choose the parts of us that get a seat at the table. I want the fullness of who we are as individuals and as an embodied community to enter this virtual exhibition and take up all the space necessary. Let us ponder these 3 centered identities and so many more whilst we expand the face of queer ceramics and humanize the folks who have made themselves so open and vulnerable in answering the call to participate in this exhibition."Learn more about Deshun Peoples here and more about the exhibit here.Clay Art Center is a nationally recognized non-profit center for the advancement and practice of ceramic arts offering exhibitions, clay classes for adults and children, studio spaces for clay artists, and outreach programs in the community. It is located at 40 Beech Street, in Port Chester. Join Clay Art Center classes, and exhibitions, and shop online on the Clay Art Center website. The article 'Thicc-ening The Narrative' At The Clay Art Center appeared first on Port Chester, NY Patch.
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