Name: The Pleasure of My Company
Start: 2024-09-28T13:00:00-07:00
End: 2024-09-28T16:00:00-07:00
Location: OCC Frank M. Doyle Arts Pavilion

Main Gallery
Opening reception: Saturday, Sept. 28, 1-3 pm, with short artist walkthrough at 1 p.m.; concurrent with "Adrienne DeVine: AMALGAMATION - The Art of Visual Dialogue."
Exhibition runs September 23 - November 21, 2024.
“The Pleasure of My Company” is a celebration of presence through the lens of black artists. Whether on cameras, paint, collage, and glitter: these experiences are both freed into abstract gestures or honored through references to family, history, and place. The power of breath. The spirit of play. Families both born into and chosen. Dreams imagined for oneself, one’s child, or a collective group. References to anime, meditation, punk culture, and VHS. Their work invites viewers to engage in a dialogue about self-empowerment and the importance of embracing one’s narrative. None of their experiences are uniform: just as their artwork ranges in display of framing and installation. The exhibit captures a multigenerational group, including both a current faculty and student at Orange Coast College. That educational background is important to the artists; many who teach throughout Southern California. In the words of Zora Neale Hurston, “How can any deny themselves the pleasure of my company?”
Curated by Dakota Noot
Free admission to gallery and events.