Next Week | Thursday, June 25, 5 - 8PM | Parting Is Such Sorrow Until We Meet Again Tomorrow

Next Week! Opening: Thursday, June 25, 5 - 8PM Parting Is Such Sorrow Until We Meet Again Tomorrow Co-curated by Kathleen Henderson Every day one hundred artists stream into the Creative Growth studio and take part in a ritual that is performed the world over: they greet each other. They say hello. It’s a simple act, barely noticeable, but one whose profundity is often most noticeable by its absence. In tandem with its bookend goodbye, hello happens again and again, forming a thread of continuity through the day as artists begin to make prints, rugs, films, ceramics, drawings, paintings, and sculptures. Creative Growth artist Laura Jo Pierce provides the inspiration for Parting Is Such Sorrow Until We Meet Again Tomorrow, a title lifted directly from her signature text-based paintings.  Featuring work by John Martin, George Wilson, Ying Gee Zhou, Rickie Algarva and other emerging artists, this show gives pause to the humdrum salutation that caps our every encounter. POINT-OF-VIEW | Kim Clark: Upstairs in our Viewing Room gallery, Kim Clark commemorates celebrities who have passed away through her sculptural textile “portraits.” Exhibition Opening & Reception THURSDAY, June 25 Members’ Preview: 11AM – 2PM MAIN EVENT: 5PM – 8PM LIVE FLAMENCO MUSIC BY DAVID PÁEZ BAR & SNACKS Gallery Hours: Monday through Friday, 10AM – 4:30PM Saturday, 10AM – 3PM Exhibition runs through July 30, 2015 Creative Growth Art Center 355 24th Street, Oakland CA 94612 USA creativegrowth.org