The human voice communicates who we are through the telling of our stories, our histories, cultures, visions and perceptions of the world around us. In this three-part exhibition, Blue Door Gallery exhibits facets of contemporary voice through folk art, community voices and film.

FOLK ART: In this extraordinary exhibition, folk art is represented as an artisanal lens through which to convey our histories and cultural traditions as well as to uniquely portray our current perceptions of our community. Ruth Geneslaw carves Basswood for her astute social and political commentaries while Pat Slaven employs traditional piecing in her contemporary quiltmaking.

COMMUNITY: Our South Gallery will feature voices from new and emerging talent from Yonkers, in art and spoken word. FILM: Our North Gallery will feature screenings of short films on voice, art and artists. Monique Avakian's video performances speak to her "having a voice/losing a voice/morphing a voice/gaining a voice as a creative person living in a culture increasingly dominated by text and machines."

 

Monique Avakian, Nina Birnbaum, Ruth Boser, Diane Cherr, Debra Friedkin, Ruth Geneslaw, Josh Graupera, Ned Harris, Bruce Levy, Mary Parker, Hugo Perez, Madge Scott, Pat Slaven, Zion Angeles, Otmar Boser, Danielle Colluci, Adrienne Cooke, Carla Juarez Cruz, Emilio, Vered Friedman, Tameka Grandy, Shayna Maley, Naajidah, Lewis Ognibene, Crystal Perez, Jonathan Prosper, Rebecca Reeve, Royalty Weldon