ART GALLERY
Please see below for information regarding upcoming and past exhibits. To schedule private gallery tours or inquire about artworks at the Rhimes Performing Arts Center, please contact Resident Curator, Haley Fonfa haley@debbieallendanceacademy.com
HERstory
HERstory
Month-Long Celebration of the Power of Women
DEBUT WEEKEND: MARCH 2ND-3RD
offers an experience for everyone featuring a fine arts gallery reception accompanied by live music and dance storytelling. The following day will involve the local arts community morphing into an interactive arts market festival supporting small businesses.
MARCH 9TH
showcases a select film screening discussed by an acclaimed director with followed Q&A. The film delivers an experience documenting the lives of women of our HERstory and women today throughout different cultures.
MARCH 17TH
brings a fashion show unlike any other connecting fashion and dance - further displaying the significance fabric plays in our herstorical storytelling specifically told through the expression of dance.
MARCH 23RD
features a special celebration by “men who love women,” bringing together some of our favorites to pay tribute to and speak on the importance of supporting and loving the women of our HERstory.
MARCH 26TH
concludes with a premier book reading and signing by an acclaimed author with Q&A. This book serves as an insightful testament to the power of reimagining the systems we face as women .
Exhibition on view 03.02.24 - 05.25.24
CURRENT EXHIBIT
CURRENT EXHIBIT
PAST EXHIBITS
PAST EXHIBITS
JOHN SIMMONS A.S.C. Solo Exhibition
Thank you to all who came out to celebrate our Annual Gala exhibiting artist, none other than legend breaking black history himself JOHN SIMMONS, A.S.C. A timeline of truth from the voice of the vigilant, A Night To Remember offers a transformative journey through life cycles of passion and freedom; “It All Started in the Sixties” still seeing the clear parallels of our worlds today.
John Simmons is an Emmy Award winning cinematographer, photographer, painter and mixed media artist. He is the Vice President of the American Society of Cinematographers, and has served as an Adjunct Professor in the Television/Film and Theater Department at UCLA for twenty-five years, continuing to mentor many up and coming cinematographers. From documentaries to music videos, commercials to features,Simmons continues to carry a still camera everyday and his photographs are held in the collections of: Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA; Missy Cochran Foundation, Museum of Contemporary Photography of Chicago, IL; Harvard Art Museums, Harvard University Boston, MA; David C. Driskell Center, University of Maryland; Center for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona; Houston Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TX; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA.
Solo exhibition on view 11.16.23-02.22.24.
HAWK: Celebrating 100 Years of Vivian Ayers
Thank you to all who joined us as we celebrated cultural activist and American classicist, Vivian Ayers' 100th birthday with the republishing of her NASA recognized epic, Hawk (1957), showcasing never before seen book illustrations by world-renowned artist and educator, John T. Biggers along with guest artist accompaniment, including Karon Davis, Sara Golish, Peyton E. Burnett, and Kathryn Garcia.
To purchase HAWK (1957), republished by Clemson University, available in paperback and hardcover, click here. Coffee table book availability to be announced soon.
Limited edition, museum etching paper reproductions of John T. Biggers' illustrations are also available for purchase. Only 3 numbered, framed and signed reproductions of each artwork are available.
HAWK exhibit on view 08.03.23-11.01.23.