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Opening Celebration: a small ocean swallowed

dozens of disabled hands and arms emerging as part of an aquifer and reaching out to grasp a tree-lined river bed

Sunaura Taylor, Aquifer Losing Reach, 2017–20. Pen and watercolor on paper, 8.5 x 11 inches. Courtesy of the artist.

Opening Celebration: 6–9pm • Member Reception: 6–7pm
Free after 6pm

You’re invited to the opening celebration of a small ocean swallowed, a new exhibition that celebrates water as a model of interconnectivity and nourishes possibilities for responsibility and repair.

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Member Reception

SJMA members are invited to a special member reception at 6pm in the café patio. Enjoy wine and light bites while mingling with fellow SJMA supporters. 

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Featuring Papiba & Friends

Headshots of male performers wearing white with their instruments

The opening will feature live music from Papiba & Friends, who will bring an island-inspired blend of calypso, jazz, and Latin rhythms to the Museum. The band includes Papiba Godinho (guitar/vocals), William Bates-Minou (drums/percussion), and Etienne Franc (bass/vocals).

 

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a small ocean swallowed

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a small ocean swallowed presents six artists whose work embodies states of ecological entwinement, poetically and experimentally reorienting human relationships to water. Presented in conjunction with SJMA’s Sowing Sustainability initiative, the exhibition threads together plant, animal, and human life and celebrates water as a model of interconnectivity across space and time.