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THIS IS HEAVEN By Rewon Shimray
Curation is key to art appreciation, at least when it comes to local org _OFCOLOR’s collaboration with the Austin Public Library and the Library Foundation. Over seven months, emerging curators Cathy Le, Paola Ward, Asami Robledo-Allen Yamamoto, and Corri Greene participated in a curation fellowship program made to uplift the curatorial field and those keeping it alive & well. Their final project is this exhibition displayed in the Downtown library’s second-floor gallery: a collective exploration of “memory, migration, and cultural inheritance” from multi-medium artists Alejandra Almuelle, Lys Santamaria, Sandra Fernandez, Rewon Shimray, Rakhee Jain Desai, Raul Rodriguez, Liza Zaldivar Salazar, Jo Kim, and Nashelle Williams. Drop by to see the show when it opens this Thursday, July 16, or join the public reception next Sunday, July 26. – James Scott
