Gerald A. Brown: Self-Actualization

Friday, September 9 - Sunday, October 16, 2022

Opening Reception: Friday, September 9, 2022 | 6-9pm | Free-To-Attend
Presented in Gallery One

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

Self-Actualization is an on-going process of realizing one’s fullest self, unconditionally tending to one’s gifts, flaws, and desires. This exhibition is a small memento to a fruit “who has learned what it means to save parts of herself for herself, and [has] found so much pleasure in that” (Jenna Wortham, Still Processing). For at this moment, she realized it was no longer anger or loss “that drove [one]. It was something new—an impulse, a feeling, a kind of mental undertow pulling… [one] felt there was something for [one] farther on, a little farther, just ahead. [And] trusted such feelings” (Octavia Butler, Wild Seed).

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Gerald A. Brown is a Chicago Southside native, currently based in Philadelphia, PA. She received her BFA from Syracuse University, double emphasis in Sculpture and Ceramics. She has researched in Paris as well as furthered her studies at Penland and Haystack Mountain School of Craft. In Philly, Gerald is a current member of the art collective Vox Populi, curating shows and special programming installing shows. In addition, she is the co-founder of the Clay Siblings’ Project, a non-profit initiative providing free ceramic workshops around the country.
More Info: geraldbrownart.com / @geraldbrownart