Published: September 23, 2023; Aithor: Julia Sonrisa
Address: 1 Normal Avenue, Montclair, NJ 07043, United States
Phone: +1 973-655-3382
Design your own tissue box in this workshop with exhibiting artist Finnegan Shannon to draw attention to the simple and earnest ways comfort and hospitality can be fostered through gestures of generosity. Afterward, join the artist for a discussion on disability, access, art, and activism. Presented with the Department of Art and Design, co-sponsored by the Office for Social Justice & Diversity and the Disability Caucus. Please wear a mask for this event.
Finnegan Shannon (b. 1989, Berkeley, CA) is an artist experimenting with forms of access. They invite intervention into ableist structures with humor, earnestness, and rage. Some of their recent work includes Anti-Stairs Club Lounge, an ongoing project that gathers people together who share an aversion to stairs; Alt Text as Poetry, a collaboration with Bojana Coklyat that explores the expressive potential of image description; and Do You Want Us Here or Not, a series of benches and cushions designed for exhibition spaces. They have done projects with the Queens Museum, the High Line, MMK Frankfurt, MCA Denver, moCa Cleveland, and Nook Gallery. Their work has been supported by a Wynn Newhouse Award, an Eyebeam fellowship, and grants from the Art Matters Foundation, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Disability Visibility Project.
The Backend is a group exhibition of works by 13 contemporary artists who delve into the protocols and agreements that shape our society and the framework of our participation. Featuring works by Merlin Carpenter, Maia Chao and Josephine Devanbu, Johann Diedrick, Sophia Giovannitti, Liz Magic Laser, Ari Melenciano, William Powhida, Bat-Ami Rivlin, Rose Salane, Finnegan Shannon, TJ Shin, and Julia Weist. On view in the George Segal Gallery from September 14 through December 1, 2023. Curated by Jesse Bandler Firestone, Curator and Exhibition Coordinator.
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The Segal Gallery is located on the fourth floor of the Red Hawk Deck and accessible via elevator. The gallery is wheelchair accessible. Accessible gendered bathrooms are located inside. ASL services are available by request.
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Time: 6:00 — 7:30 pm EDT
Free!
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