NLS

THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014

CANOPY GUILD STUDIO VISIT

Image courtesy Rodell Warner

Rodell Warner hosts his first public open studio on April 28. During the open studio the public is invited to access Warner's project Canopy Guild while in development. The final exhibition presenting the work of Warner and his five collaborators Afifa Aza, Ai Yoshida, Ayana Riviére, Leasho Johnson, Storm Saulter will open on May 9.

Monday, April 28, 7- 9 PM
NLS,
190 Mountain View Avenue
Kingston 6

THURSDAY, APRIL 10, 2014

FLOAT
Leasho Johnon, Marlon James, Rodell Warner, Deborah Anzinger

Image courtesy Deborah Anzinger

New Local Space is pleased to collaborate with Transformer in their presentation of the exhibition FLOAT in Washington, DC. In the contemporary moment, “the nation” dominates much Caribbean image-making, often posited as a post-colonial response to oppressive, externally- derived constructions. This focus is shifted by the artists in FLOAT, and further curated into a détournement in which these hegemonic conceptions of social and national identity (and the status of “margin” itself) are declared compromised and inadequate. The proposed exhibition posits a renegotiation of identity; untethered by the limits normally placed on that now over-worked concept, and insistent on the recognition of the invisible but central role that the “margins” play in the making of our cosmopolitan present and future.

Curated by Nicole Smythe-Johnson.

Opening reception: May 17, 2014
May 17 - June 21

Transformer
1404 P Street
Washington, DC 20005

SATURDAY, MARCH 8, 2014

IN: Live with Mari Robles of Perez Art Museum of Miami (PAMM)

Image courtesy Pérez Art Museum Miami

Please join New Local Space for this month's episode of IN, which will feature an online conversation with Mari Robles, Knight Curator of School Programs at the Pérez Art Museum of Miami (PAMM). Mari, along with Associate Curator of PAMM, Diana Nawi will be visiting Jamaica later this month to familiarize themselves with the local art community. Our host Nicole Smythe-Johnson will be speaking with Mari about her curatorial practice and work at PAMM.

Live online, Wednesday, March 12 at 9:00 PM EST on the NLS youtube channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCopVuxfYsATdTGLvH5Wa8VQ, where it will be archived.

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 2014

RODELL WARNER: CANOPY GUILD
Kickstarter

New Local Space is proud to host Rodell Warner as our upcoming artist-in-residence.
Warner will carry out a collaborative photography, fashion and object design project from images captured in nature. Designers from Kingston have been invited to help create wearable garments and art objects from these fabrics and patterns. These final pieces will be shared publicly in a live event specific to Kingston, in which the images and patterns shape the event space. To help NLS bring Rodell Warner to Kingston to execute this project, donate as little as $1 here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2035671304/rodell-warner-art-residency-at-nls

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2014

IN
Live with
Charles Campbell,
Chajana DenHarder &
Jessica Knight

Image courtesy Jessica Knight

Nicole Smythe-Joshnson, Senior editor and Art Writer of ARC Magazine will be talking with artists Charles Campbell, Chajana DenHarder and Jessica Knight about how graduate school has factored into their careers as artists thus far. The conversation steams live Wednesday, January 8, 8:30 PM on the NLS Youtube Channel: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCopVuxfYsATdTGLvH5Wa8VQ.

More about the artists here.
More about IN here.