RICHMOND – 1708 Gallery is pleased to announce this year’s participating artists for its 17th annual exhibition, InLight: Grounds for Clearing. This year’s curated and juried artists will transform the grounds of Pine Camp Cultural Arts and Community Center on November 8 + 9, 2024 from 7-11pm. Key moments in Pine Camp’s history include producing food for city institutions as agricultural land, and serving as an isolation ward for those with highly contagious diseases including the establishment of a whites-only Tuberculosis hospital and a separate Black infirmary. Today, Pine Camp is a multidisciplinary, multicultural community space that offers a theater, visual arts and dance studios, basketball courts, a playground, walking and biking trails, nature reserves, and public art.
Curated by Tiffany E. Barber and Nicole Pollard, the artworks will engage and expand upon the histories of Pine Camp and its current activities and uses. These include ideas around healing, reflection, isolation, meditation, convening with nature, the park’s environmental and ecological life, and a place for community to gather, play, and connect.
2024 Artists
Izz Anabtawi, Ellyn Parker + Beth Anne Booth, Monique Lorden, Mel Myskowski, Vitche-Boul Ra, Jean Shin, Yannick Lowery + Qiaira Riley, Flooded Sun, Laura Teele, and Dietrich Teschner
Along with the exhibition, InLight will feature local food trucks, a beer garden, community partner-led activities, lantern-making, and a lantern parade.
A special thanks to our InLight sponsors to date:
The National Endowment for the Arts, The NewMarket Foundation, E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Foundation, The Peachtree House Foundation, Quirk, Capital One, Oliver Properties, Commonwealth, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, TV Jerry