Catfish Friday logo courtesy Toni Thomas
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
Catfish Friday, a Newark-based Woman's Art Collective, announces their participation in the Newark Arts Council's 2008 Open Doors Tour with an exhibit entitled, Multiple Me.
Multiple Me is an exhibition that features the works of some notable female artist working within a series. The series format is a typical way many artists work. It builds a collection, establishes a signature style, and creates the potential for multiple sales. Many artists use it for those reasons. Likewise, there are those who use it like the artists in this exhibit to develop an idea, get into the flow, or work a style until it is exhausted. Like variations on a theme, the works in this exhibit explore the possibilities. Whether created around a style, a medium or a theme the selections represent the outcome of what has compelled the artists to explore their multiplicity of options. These variable perspectives give the viewer a minute insight into how an artist may engage their work until they are satisfied, and sometimes not.
Featured artists are: Janice Anderson, Maggie Brown, Sadee Brathwaite, Gladys Grauer, Kathleen Heron, Diana Jensen, Ade Tugbiyele Sedita, Toni Thomas, Joya Thompson and Bisa Washington.
Multiple Me
Gallery: Space 972 located at 972 Broad Street
(next door to the Federal Building in downtown Newark)
Exhibit dates: October 20 through October 30, 2008
Hours: Tues - Saturday from 4-7 PM and by appointment
An artist reception will be held on Saturday October 25 from 7 - 11:00 PM
Featured at the reception willbe the literary voices of Catfish Friday poets:
Mary Baldwin, Elaine Lee, Esther Morales and Lebrashawn Turman
with a musical performance from vocalist SuMiya Dabney
For more information please call Toni Thomas @ 973-699-3269
The gallery and exhibit will be open during the entire Open Doors Weekend.
Special thanks to Blanche & Larry Silver, Ujima Majied & Newark Arts Council for making this exhibit possible.
