Gallery at RAC: Saturday, 18 October 2014

The Alliance of Black Art Galleries Presents

Hands Up, Don't Shoot:

Artists Respond

RAC Opening Reception

 Saturday, October 18 from 4:00 - 6:00pm

“Hands Up, Don’t Shoot: Artists Respond” is a visual art exhibition in response to the August 9, 2014 killing of 18-year-old Michael Brown, Jr. in Ferguson, MO and the aftermath.  This exhibition is organized by the Alliance of Black Art Galleries and artworks in this city and county-wide exhibition will be on display at eighteen different venues.  Artists were called upon to respond to were civil rights, oppression, justice issues, racial disparities and community empowerment.

 

ARTISTS ON DISPLAY AT RAC LOCATION: Howard Barry, Sami Bentil, Dion Dion, De'Joneiro Jones, Gundia Lock-Clay, Marilyn Robinson, John C. Suttoon III, Joy Wade

CURATOR:  Freida L. Wheaton, Alliance of Black Art Galleries

Hands Up, Don't Shoot: Artists Respond continues through December 20.

GALLERY HOURS: Monday through Friday from 10am - 5pm; Saturday and Sunday 12 - 5pm.    

The Gallery at the Regional Arts Commission (RAC)

6128 Delmar Blvd. 63112 (across from The Pageant)

Free parking behind The Pageant or metered street parking