Exhibitions
LISTEN
CONVERGE / 1224 Martin St. May 6, 2017 - June 4, 2017
Jane Braddock
Briena Harmening
Alysha Irisari Malo
Cynthia Marsh
CONVERGE is pleased to present LISTEN, a provocative group show of text based artwork curated by Alysha Irisari Malo. LISTEN celebrates the expression of the written word in the visual arts, exploring various media including painting, printmaking, installation, mixed media, and fiber art. Participating artists include Jane Braddock (represented by Tinney Contemporary), Briena Harmening, Alysha Irisari Malo, and Cynthia Marsh. The show runs from Saturday, May 6th through Sunday, June 4th, 2017, at the SNAP (South Nashville Action People) Building, 1224 Martin Street, Nashville, TN 37203. The second floor will have artwork installed for the duration of the show, while the first floor will have artwork installed for pop-up events during the Opening and Closing Reception weekends. These events coincide with the monthly Arts & Music at Wedgewood-Houston crawl and are free and open to the public.
The Opening Reception for LISTEN will be held on Saturday, May 6th, from 6:00 to 10:00 pm, hosted in collaboration with The Porch Writers’ Collective, a non-profit, independent center for writing. They will be recording their project, Poetry on Demand, for the Versify podcast in the same space during the event. In their project, Nashville poets travel to neighborhoods across the city, hear stories from people they’ve never met, capture them in verse, then deliver their poems back to participants on the spot. One of the major objectives of Poetry on Demand is to engage with as broad a selection of Nashville residents as possible and reflect their lived experiences through art. This project is funded in part by the Metropolitan Nashville Arts Commission’s THRIVE program. The Porch Writers will be collecting personal stories from 6:00 - 8:30 pm and will deliver their poems back to participants from 8:30 - 10:00 pm. The Closing Reception for LISTEN will be held on Saturday, June 3rd, from 6:00 to 10:00pm.
CONVERGE is a conscious collective of creative individuals interested in collaborative projects and community outreach, initiated by the husband and wife team, architectural designer Eric Malo and artist and poet Alysha Irisari Malo. The group conceives and realizes project-based art and design, lifestyle, cultural, and community programming in Wedgewood-Houston. CONVERGE currently hosts a series of neighborhood urban design workshops in Wedgewood-Houston, and is excited to have LISTEN as its inaugural art crawl event.
Please join us at one of the receptions to view LISTEN and to learn more about CONVERGE and The Porch Writers’ Collective. LISTEN will also be available to view by appointment between May 6th and June 4th. Please contact Alysha Irisari Malo at airisari@yahoo.com to schedule.
