I’ll Show You Mine

I’ll Show You Mine examines the unique ways that artists portray family through drawings, paintings, textiles, digital art, and photographs. Presenting traditional and surprising approaches to family portraiture, this exhibition features works by twelve artists exploring the often deeply personal nature of their own sibling, partner, parent-child, multigenerational, and chosen family relationships. These honest portraits invite all of us to reflect on our own familial ties, dynamics,

and structures.

However you characterize and define family, and for the joy, pain, and laughter it may bring, we welcome you to view the exhibition with your own family!

EXHIBITION:

I'll Show You Mine: Contemporary Artists Explore Family Portraiture

September 27 - December 14, 2014

PUBLIC PROGRAMS:

OPENING CELEBRATION

Friday, September 26, 7 - 10 p.m.

Palo Alto Art Center

Celebrate with the exhibiting artists! See and make art. Treat yourself to food truck fare and a curated cocktail!

THEN AND NOW: A BRIEF HISTORY OF FAMILY PORTRAITURE IN ART

with Makeda Best, Ph.D., Asst. Professor, Visual Studies, California College of the Arts

Thursday, November 6, 6 p.m.

Palo Alto Art Center

Why do contemporary artists continue to explore family portraiture? Join Makeda Best as she sheds light on portraits of family from throughout history.