Exhibit Dates: October 1–30, 2021
Opening Day: Friday, October 1 from 12-9pm
The Expanding the Common Ground: Voices of the Global Majority art exhibit explores what makes us one, seeks the common ground among us, and examines what it means to heal the divides. The world has been designed by institutions, and terms like people of color or minorities serve to divide us and create white vs. non-white or us vs. them paradigms. Local artists and high school students present artworks examining all facets of our diversity and celebrating our unity.
Tickets are available for half-hour viewings on opening day: Friday, October 1 between 12-9pm. Opening day tickets are not required, but ticket holders have priority entry. Find tickets at expanding-common-ground.eventbrite.com
Gallery hours are Thursday 12-6pm, Friday 12-9pm, Saturday 12-6pm, and Sunday 12-6pm (closed the last Sunday of the month). Del Ray Artisans is ALX Promise certified and committed to the health and safety of our visitors. Face masks must be worn by all while visiting the gallery.
The Expanding the Common Ground: Voices of the Global Majority exhibit runs October 1 – 30, 2021 at Del Ray Artisans gallery in the Colasanto Center, 2704 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria, Virginia 22301. The gallery is free, open to the public, and accessible.
For more information, visit DelRayArtisans.org/exhibits or contact the curators Beth Richardson (bethlyone@aol.com), Amy Kitchin (alkitchin.dc@gmail.com), and Mathew Heggem (matheggem@gmail.com) or Director of Curating Kelly Postula (Curating@DelRayArtisans.org).
Del Ray Artisans, founded in 1992, is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to promote art for the benefit of artists and the community.
Del Ray Artisans (DRA) appreciates the continued support from the City of Alexandria, Alexandria Commission for the Arts, Virginia Commission for the Arts, and National Endowment for the Arts. DRA is a 501(c)(3) organization.
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In “Expanding the Common Ground: Voices of the Global Majority” art exhibit (October 1-30), themes of people of the global majority reflecting, celebrating and claiming power over oppression are explored. Details: DelRayArtisans.org/exhibits
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In the “Expanding the Common Ground: Voices of the Global Majority” art exhibit, themes of people of the global majority reflecting, celebrating, and claiming power over oppression are explored, as well as finding common ground and healing divides. View exhibit from October 1-30, 2021 at Del Ray Artisans Gallery, 2704 Mount Vernon Avenue, Alexandria VA. Open Thursdays 12-6pm, Fridays 12-9pm, Saturdays 12-6pm, and Sundays 12-6pm (closed October 31). Details: DelRayArtisans.org/exhibits