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Exhibition Reception: SPARK 6 – Refractions
November 7, 2023 @ 5:30 pm – 7:30 pm
SPARK 6: Refractions will turn your head! Immerse yourself in captivating works of art and interactive installations by over 30 artists in the galleries of The Peale. The artists featured in SPARK will focus, magnify, and redirect your attention and perspective in engaging and surprising ways.
Light refreshments will be served, with remarks at 6 pm.
Refractions references a term from physics that describes the change in direction of a wave as it passes from one transparent substance into another. It’s a phenomenon most commonly observed when a light wave bends or changes appearance when it passes through a lens or a prism. Each of the artists in this exhibition serves as an apparatus of refraction.
Featured artists: Ada Pinkston, Ahlam Khamis, Amanda Burnham, Andrew Awanda, Anna Kroll and Chloë Engel, Cathy C. Cook and Stefanie Koseff, Corrie Francis Parks and Maksym Prykhodko, Fahmida Hossain, Jenee Mateer, Jenn Figg and Matthew McCormack, Jinyoung Koh, Jules Rosskam, Lauren Castellana, Nahid Tootoonchi, Phil Davis, Sarah G. Sharp, Stephen Bradley, Treyvon Nolen
In addition to celebrating the Refractions exhibition, we will also celebrate Wavefront in the Moses Williams Center November 7, 9-12 – an extension of this year’s SPARK exhibition featuring the work of current and recently graduated Towson University and UMBC students: Alexis Kyei-Asare, Allanis Silva, Audrey Le Ballantine, Audrey Mba, Ayanna Phillips, Gabrielle Moore, Kellan Marriott, Kristen Landsman, Lujane Elkhatib, Michael Elias Rubinstein, and Susie Park.
SPARK 6: Refractions is curated by Catherine Borg.
SPARK 6: Refractions is made possible by a partnership with PNC Bank.
Accessibility
Accessibility
ASL interpretation is available upon request for this event. ASL requests must be made three full business days prior to an event.
Wheelchair and Physical Building Access / The Peale has a brand new elevator! The new accessible entrance is on the left side of the building, down Watchouse alley about 100 ft. There is a keypad on the right side of the elevator door. Press the button to call the elevator. There is a door that will swing open automatically once the elevator is called so stand back. Once the door is open you can enter the elevator portico and then step/roll/dance into the elevator. When you come out of the elevator you will be in a short hallway by the bathrooms and the lobby and welcome desk is on the right. There are three floors in the Peale there is a handrail on all flights of stairs. Various and ample forms of seating is available in every room. The historic entrance has five steps and no functioning handrail.
Parking / There is a temporary drop off spot in the “no parking” zone directly in front of the Holliday St. entrance. There are multiple public paid parking lots within a two block radius of The Peale as well as street parking. There are 4 access parking spots on the 200 block of Holliday Street.
Visual Descriptions and more / For additional information about captioning, ASL, services, and more, please visit our Accessibility page.
Visual Descriptions and more / For additional information about captioning, ASL, services, and more, please visit our Accessibility page.