About this Event
This exhibit brings together the work of artists Sherry Shine, Dejeonge Reese, Linda Fernandez, and Jihan Thomas and explores healing, identity, and self-possession through deeply personal visual language. Across painting, mixed media, abstraction, and symbolism, the artists transform experiences of grief, motherhood, migration, mental health, and cultural memory into spaces of reflection and resilience. Rooted in vivid color, expressive gesture, and layered storytelling, Possession: Body, Memory, Home considers home not only as a physical place, but as something carried within the body, memory, and spirit. Together, these works affirm art’s power to hold vulnerability, transformation, and collective care in times of uncertainty. The Gary Smalls Gallery Project at Scribe Video Center is curated by Tamara Mason.
Curatorial Statement by Tamara Mason:
Navigating the expectations of being mothers, educators, storytellers, and caretakers at a moment when the world felt as though it was collapsing inward, this exhibition brings together four artists who transform personal and collective histories into sites of healing, resistance, and reclamation. Through bold chromatic intensity, layered symbolism, tactile processes, and deeply embodied mark-making, Jihan Thomas, Sherry Shine, DeJeonge Reese, and Linda Fernandez articulate journeys shaped by care, memory, identity, ancestry, and self-possession.
The exhibition will be on view at Scribe Video Center from July 24, 2026 - October 16, 2026. The viewing hours will be 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM.
Event venue & nearby stays
Scribe Video Center, 3908 Lancaster Avenue, Philadelphia, United States
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