Integral Arts is proud to announce the city of Everett will be opening a dedicated permanent gallery exhibition space at city hall to feature work of local artists! This comes as a direct result of the tireless efforts of our founder and director Karyn Alzayer and the establishment of the first annual Everett Community Art Walk. Thank you to our donors who helped make all this happen and to those volunteers who helped make the first annual Everett Community Art Walk a success. It seems we inspired the city to create some desperately needed art space in the city. We can't wait to welcome you all into YOUR new gallery, so be sure to go down and see it after it opens next month!
Everett City Hall Gallery First Show:
Deep like the Rivers
Langston Hughes and his work are often associated with the Harlem Renaissance, an intellectual, social, and cultural explosion of African-American arts centered in Harlem, NY around the 1920s. While named for Harlem, this rebirth also included expressions in urban areas all across the Northern United States benefitting from the Great Migration. Harlem was one of the largest of these neighborhoods. The Harlem Renaissance sparked a sense of acceptance and pride for African-American creatives. In Langston Hughes’ words, with Harlem came the courage “to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame.”
Deep Like the Rivers asks artists to reflect on their own interpretation of the poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes. Rivers are constantly flowing and changing, but they also are a consistent means of transportation. Rivers not only run deep with history, but deep with life. The imagery of rivers, particularly those in the birthplace of humanity, evokes an ancient knowledge of a people with deep roots and experience, while also reflecting on the beauty of the sunset over the Mississippi. Everett too sits along a river, and like a river, remains in one place yet is always changing, leading us to a deeper understanding of people and life. How will we honor with pride those who came before us, and preserve the best of our city for those who will come after?
Deep Like The Rivers: Opening Reception
The very first show at the new Everett City Hall Gallery will host it's opening reception on Wednesday 2/12 at 6pm at city hall on the first floor, 484 Broadway, Everett. Hope to see you there!
Everett City Hall Gallery First Show:
Deep like the Rivers
Langston Hughes and his work are often associated with the Harlem Renaissance, an intellectual, social, and cultural explosion of African-American arts centered in Harlem, NY around the 1920s. While named for Harlem, this rebirth also included expressions in urban areas all across the Northern United States benefitting from the Great Migration. Harlem was one of the largest of these neighborhoods. The Harlem Renaissance sparked a sense of acceptance and pride for African-American creatives. In Langston Hughes’ words, with Harlem came the courage “to express our individual dark-skinned selves without fear or shame.”
Deep Like the Rivers asks artists to reflect on their own interpretation of the poem “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” by Langston Hughes. Rivers are constantly flowing and changing, but they also are a consistent means of transportation. Rivers not only run deep with history, but deep with life. The imagery of rivers, particularly those in the birthplace of humanity, evokes an ancient knowledge of a people with deep roots and experience, while also reflecting on the beauty of the sunset over the Mississippi. Everett too sits along a river, and like a river, remains in one place yet is always changing, leading us to a deeper understanding of people and life. How will we honor with pride those who came before us, and preserve the best of our city for those who will come after?
Deep Like The Rivers: Opening Reception
The very first show at the new Everett City Hall Gallery will host it's opening reception on Wednesday 2/12 at 6pm at city hall on the first floor, 484 Broadway, Everett. Hope to see you there!