“Portals” At The Shed Offers A Passageway Into Ancestry, Art And Activism

Jarrett Key, Photo Courtesy of Marissa Alper.

Featuring works from Chelsea Odufu, Laurena Finéus, Jarrett Key, and more, the show challenges how we encounter personal histories and collective memory.

The Shed welcomes a new cohort of artists with bold ideas about “Open Call: Portals” this summer. Its fourth open-call exhibition opens this month. Established in 2019, the arts and performance venue has become a cultural hotspot. The Shed sits at a portal itself, not far from the Lincoln Tunnel, with access to several subway lines. It’s a location presenting captive audiences who might not trek towards complex art otherwise.

“Portals” was curated by Dejá Belardo, Assistant Curator, Civic Programs and Visual Arts. Belardo identifies as a “human-first” curator. “We’re putting money in artists’ hands,” she said with a smile. “We’re looking at the way that artists are able to create this third space, to work through different narratives of migration, colonialism, [and] spirituality.”

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