ECOCA @ Upstate Art Weekend
Opening Reception Friday, July 19, 5-7pm
80 Smith Ave, Kingston, NY @ ArtPort Kingston’s Midtown location
ECOCA is pleased to present “How did we get here?” an exhibition with artists whose work asks the viewer to look, then look again. Art builds a path between the personal and the universal: our collection spotlights the moments when that path can become a winding, narrative journey. “How did we get here?” is as important a question for the onlooker as “Where are we meant to go from here?” The work of art is a lens into the maker’s intentions, but the audience is already looking through many lenses at once: cultural, political, intersectional. It is in the second look–and beyond–that the viewer squints, considers angles, negotiates a way into the stories our featured works contain.
Featured artists: Faustin Adeniran, Natale Adgnot, Emmanuel Amoakohene, Scott Azevedo, Shweta Bist, Ramón Bonilla, Leah Caroline, Jeanne Ciravolo, Melissa Dadourian, Leila Daw, Lesley Finn, Christian Amaya Garcia, Cadence Giersbach, Shanti Grumbine, Donté Hayes, Swati Jain, Brian Kaspr, Josh Kramb, Patrick Li, Valerie Lyons, Caitlin McCormack, Aisha Nailah, Caroline Voagen Nelson, Ariana Padovano, Línda Perla-Giron, Vick Quezada, Claudia Renfro, Roxy Savage, Cate Solari, Katherine Spencer, Jacquelyn Strycker, Susan Tabachnick, Jason Ting, Emily Weiskopf, Kim Weston, Ying Ye