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Gods, Clowns and Devils

April 26 – June 9, 1991

212 local artist’s images of personal iconography celebrated God’s place in Heaven, the Devil’s place in Hell and clowns under the Big Top.

Gods Clowns Devils exhibition photo

Filed Under: 1990-1994, Exhibition, LACE Tagged With: 1991, Big Top, Exhibition, Gods Clowns and Devils, iconography, local artist, personal iconography

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Curators: Send us your proposals for LACE’s Emerging Curator program. Applications will be accepted until April 27, 2025. Emerging curators are encouraged to propose projects for moving image works that can be presented in a gallery space or theater. Tap the link in our bio for more info.

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“ENDURANCE” showcases re-stagings and new commissions by legacy performance, dance, and literary artists including Gloria Enedina Álvarez (@gloriaenedinalvarez) accompanied by Greg Hernandez, Kamau Daáood, Ulysses Jenkins and The Dark Bob, Juanita and Juan (@alice_bag + @kidcongopowers), Sharon Kagan (@sharonkagan), Hirokazu Kosaka, Oguri, Sheree Rose (@msrosebush), Barbara T. Smith, Awilda Sterling-Duprey (@awildasterling), and more.

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Join us on April 19 at 11 am PST for the final virtual conversation as part of “Circuits of Correspondence.” 〰 We’re thrilled to hear more from this group of artists, whose roots reach from Arizona to Guatemala City.

Learn more about this correspondence project from participants Abril Castro, (@abrilcastro), Regina José Galindo (@galindoreginajose), Raquel Gutiérrez (@raquefella), and Geraldine Lanteri (@geraldine.lanteri). RSVP at the link in our bio. Photos by Lucía Escobar, Kristina Koriakova. All images courtesy of the artists.

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Curators: the Emerging Curator program is accepting applications through April 27. Send us your proposals for moving image works that can be presented as a single program, or programming series. Full information for all these opportunities at the link in our bio.

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