“It’s not where ya from, it’s where ya at.” Curated by Angel Perdomo, DiQuan Forcell, and Ryan Leitner Opening Reception: Saturday, November 9th, 6-10pm On view: 11/09/24-01/26/25 This is the Antenna Collective’s second group exhibition since our renewal of active members in 2023. In planning for this presentation, we have updated our mission statement and … 30°/-90°
As a river leads to the ocean, a rivulet precedes the river. It is born from a cut place in the earth where water is collected and moves from land and roots to find other small streams and grow, into brook and stream, moving from high to low, gathering volume and force. From their own … Rivulet: Earth to stream to flood and back
Screened In celebrates the nostalgia of the porched childhood, it reconciles the sun and the mosquitoes of the homecoming, and remembers the matriarch of the porch with all of her complexities. Despite its rightful place as a true southern icon, the Southern front porch has found itself disappearing for years. The porch as a public … Screened In
“Pieces and Parts” is a solo exhibition from Amelia Broussard that delves into the challenges of preserving memories as they fade over time. Objects, particularly paper, act as anchors to the past. The mixed media collages hint at the anxiety of memory preservation and the complex process of merging personal and generational histories. The works … Pieces and Parts
An exhibition by Laura Gipson The work in Inner/Circle explores themes of uncertainty, time, memory, longing, and dreams. It is informed by human nature and those stories happening around us and in us. The work utilizes layers to reference the gradual accumulation of experience and imagery of the familiar that often functions as a stand-in … INNER/CIRCLE
No Weak and Ordinary Voice links speeches by Reverdy C. Ransom, a pivotal civil rights activist and founding member of the Niagara Movement, to sites across America through sculptural forms. This exhibition presents the metaphorical act of putting a flower in the barrel of the continued assault on equal rights. By connecting plants to historical … No Weak and Ordinary Voice
Proximity and Touch: Louisiana Group Show Exhibition 2023Vernell Dunams, Ryan Leitner, Kelsey Scult, and Jill StollSeptember 9 – October 29, 2023 Louisiana Group Show Annually, Antenna Collective orchestrates the ‘Louisiana Call for Exhibitions’, which offers Louisiana artists the opportunity to have their artwork evaluated by a distinguished guest juror, who meticulously selects exhibiting artists from … Proximity and Touch
“Disturbance Ecologies,” reflects upon the possibility of living cooperatively towards partial recuperation in the wake of a human disturbed world. A disturbance marks simultaneously a problem, an end, and a beginning of something new. Places marked by human disturbance have struggled and responded with real world examples consisting of new mineral classifications, plastic eating fungi, … Disturbance Ecologies
Photo documentation by Jose Cotto. New Orleans Center for the Gulf South at Tulane University and Antenna with collaborating partners launches Insurgent Ecologies, an exhibition project featuring artwork by forty-five artists, collaborative projects, and initiatives across the Mississippi watershed. Insurgent Ecologies is curated by Imani Jacqueline Brown & Shana M. griffin and organized by Antenna … Insurgent Ecologies
![Artwork: My God Wears a Durag by Nic[o] Brierre Aziz](http://www.antenna.works/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/nic_aziz.webp)
Prior to the term “art” being defined as “skill resulting from learning or practice” in 13th-century Middle English (which was in turn derived from the Latin ars meaning “skill” or “craft,”), art in communities such as Ifẹ̀ (an ancient Yoruba city in southwest Nigeria) was simply a translation of a feeling or experience into a … “I’d rather get out of jail than get $1,000,000”
