GROWTH (past exhibition)
Frederiksted, St. Croix – The Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts is excited to announce the opening of Growth, a group exhibition featuring works selected from the international public art collection of Thru Contemporary Arts. Growth will be on view at CMCArts from May 29 - June 27, 2015. Details are below.
Opening Reception at the Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts
Friday, May 29th from 5:00 to 8:00 PM
Free admission. Cash bar and light refreshments provided.
About the exhibition:
Growth is the second exhibition presented by Thru Contemporary Arts. It opens at the Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts in St. Croix and follows a recent, inaugural exhibition in Cologne, Germany. Growth is intended to expand conversation about the nature and boundaries of art in the Caribbean by exposing the public to a variety of approaches to creating contemporary art. It features a specially selected collection of contemporary art by present-day artists from countries around the world. From mixed media art to photography, embroidery, and digital works of art - all are represented in this exhibition, which is part of Thru Contemporary Arts' permanent public collection.
Thru Contemporary Arts is a project of GETTHRU, a non-profit arts organization based in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago: www.getthru.org
Growth includes works by:
Judith Ganz, GA Gardner, Beata Obst, Adele Todd, Clary Estes, Georg Gartz, Ute Bartel, Lap Yip, Christoph Bartolosch, Almuth Baumfalk, Julia Neuenhausen, Sarah Knights
About Thru Contemporary Arts:
Thru Contemporary Arts is a project initiative of the non-profit arts organization GETTHRU, based in Trinidad & Tobago (www.getthru.org). The project is dedicated to showcasing contemporary artists and their work in countries that lack access to nontraditional art forms and techniques.
Thru Contemporary Arts focuses on exhibition, education and the preservation of contemporary arts, and houses and maintains a juried collection. The project acquires and promotes the artworks of prominent contemporary artists at various stages of their careers. This public collection is exhibited at museums, galleries and other spaces with the goal of educating and introducing under-served communities to various forms of contemporary art. As part of this project the organization publishes and prints arts catalogs and books on various contemporary arts subjects. Thru Contemporary Arts is a collaboration of artists, writers, and curators.
To learn more, please visit or contact:
Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts
10 Strand Street & 62 King Street
Frederiksted, St. Croix, USVI 00840
Phone: (340) 772-2622/ Fax: (340) 772-2612
[email protected]
This project is funded in part by Virgin Islands Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Frederiksted, St. Croix – The Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts is excited to announce the opening of Growth, a group exhibition featuring works selected from the international public art collection of Thru Contemporary Arts. Growth will be on view at CMCArts from May 29 - June 27, 2015. Details are below.
Opening Reception at the Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts
Friday, May 29th from 5:00 to 8:00 PM
Free admission. Cash bar and light refreshments provided.
About the exhibition:
Growth is the second exhibition presented by Thru Contemporary Arts. It opens at the Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts in St. Croix and follows a recent, inaugural exhibition in Cologne, Germany. Growth is intended to expand conversation about the nature and boundaries of art in the Caribbean by exposing the public to a variety of approaches to creating contemporary art. It features a specially selected collection of contemporary art by present-day artists from countries around the world. From mixed media art to photography, embroidery, and digital works of art - all are represented in this exhibition, which is part of Thru Contemporary Arts' permanent public collection.
Thru Contemporary Arts is a project of GETTHRU, a non-profit arts organization based in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago: www.getthru.org
Growth includes works by:
Judith Ganz, GA Gardner, Beata Obst, Adele Todd, Clary Estes, Georg Gartz, Ute Bartel, Lap Yip, Christoph Bartolosch, Almuth Baumfalk, Julia Neuenhausen, Sarah Knights
About Thru Contemporary Arts:
Thru Contemporary Arts is a project initiative of the non-profit arts organization GETTHRU, based in Trinidad & Tobago (www.getthru.org). The project is dedicated to showcasing contemporary artists and their work in countries that lack access to nontraditional art forms and techniques.
Thru Contemporary Arts focuses on exhibition, education and the preservation of contemporary arts, and houses and maintains a juried collection. The project acquires and promotes the artworks of prominent contemporary artists at various stages of their careers. This public collection is exhibited at museums, galleries and other spaces with the goal of educating and introducing under-served communities to various forms of contemporary art. As part of this project the organization publishes and prints arts catalogs and books on various contemporary arts subjects. Thru Contemporary Arts is a collaboration of artists, writers, and curators.
To learn more, please visit or contact:
Caribbean Museum Center for the Arts
10 Strand Street & 62 King Street
Frederiksted, St. Croix, USVI 00840
Phone: (340) 772-2622/ Fax: (340) 772-2612
[email protected]
This project is funded in part by Virgin Islands Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
