Trust the Tides Opening Exhibition

Opening reception
July 20, 12PM- 3PM
Arc Studios and Gallery
1246 Folsom St. San Francisco, CA 94103

Kearny Street Workshop presents Trust the Tides, an exhibition by the AVA (APA Visual Artists) Lab inaugural cohort: Houyee Chow-Jiménez, Michelle Lin, Kim Requesto, Malaya Tuyay, Ngân Vũ, and Jes Young.

AVA Lab inaugural cohort features 6 artists: Houyee Chow-Jiménez, Michelle Lin, Kim Requesto, Malaya Tuyay, Ngân Vũ, Jes Young. As diasporic artists and settlers on Turtle Island, how do we rebuild bridges to ancestry, lineage, and cultural traditions displaced by war and imperialism? Through altars, weavings, photographs, portals, and paintings, we invite you to “Trust the Tides” with us–whether the waters be the ebb and flow of our many griefs and healing, or the undeniable current of liberation. Join us in uplifting the stories that have been stolen or silenced, and engage with art as a ritual for collective care.

Please bring an offering for our community altar, something that celebrates, grieves, or honors ancestors, the land, the collective. Our altar will be an immersive space honoring our rest, reflection, and release–a quiet space where we can dive down deep and reclaim presence and attention. Let the cyclical motion of the tides wash over you.