"Above & Below: Views from AltaSea's Blue Hour" Campus Reception

Michele Cairella Fillmore, Curator, Kellogg & Huntley Art Galleries, CPP

Join us for CPP's campus reception for the new iteration of art show "Above &amp; Below", guest curated by Kim Abeles. Open 01/22/24 - 03/21/24.

W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery (Building 35A)

Above & Below

Events related to "Above & Below" Exhibition.

Above &amp; Below: Views from AltaSea's Blue Hour | Campus Reception Artists' Talks &amp; ToursJoin Gallery Curator, Michele Cairella Fillmore, and guest curator Kim Abeles at the W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery located in Building 35A, at Cal Poly Pomona for the opportunity to meet the artists Amabelle Aguiluz, Isabel Beavers, Barbara Benish, Patsy Cox, Danielle Eubank, Katherine Gray, Cynthia Minet, Ann Phong, Barbara Thomason, and Minoosh Zomorodinia during the Campus' Opening Reception on Tuesday, March 05, 2024 | 4-6pm especially scheduled during the week for students and faculty to attend.Expect to tour the Kellogg Gallery space, view the artists' series of sea and land themed artworks, and participate in conversations with the artists and curators during this opening event.Select catalogs and artworks available for purchase. About Above &amp; Below: Views from AltaSea's Blue HourAltaSea at the Port of Los Angeles is an ocean research and innovation institute which broke ground in 2017 at the historic warehouse berths. The volunteers and staff educate through art and science about our relationship to the ocean and its importance to the health and future of the planet. In November 2022, AltaSea’s Executive Vice President and COO, Jenny Krusoe, invited renowned artist Kim Abeles to curate an exhibition for the 2023 Blue Hour, a yearly fundraiser for educational programming focused on youth and community.Abeles spent the next nine months getting to know the place and the people, making studio visits or conversations, and constructing the narrative to create a sense of immediate possibility for guests visiting AltaSea. The title for the exhibit, “Above and Below”, addresses the connection between community and the sea; referencing the land and sky as well as the sea’s surface and below. Human interaction is visible in all those locations, and each affects the other.The exhibition was installed in 20,000 square feet of Berth 57, and on October 14, 2023, opened with the fundraising event. Twenty-three artists exhibited large-scale works featuring installation, ceramics, glass, video, photography, sound, and painting. The installation, “Above and Below Culture Dish” was a community-based project featuring seventeen artists, many from an AltaSea partner, Angel’s Gate Cultural Center in San Pedro. A closing event featured poets and presentations, with a catalog publication to follow. The exhibition at the Kellogg offers a beautiful view of artworks from the original venue and pays homage to the leadership of women at the forefront of art and science in service to the planet.The Cal Poly Pomona campus and Kellogg University Art Gallery community welcome Guest Curator Kim Abeles, and participating artists Amabelle Aguiluz, Isabel Beavers, Barbara Benish, Patsy Cox, Danielle Eubank, Katherine Gray, Cynthia Minet, Ann Phong, Barbara Thomason, and Minoosh Zomorodinia to our campus for a new iteration of the show titled “Above &amp; Below: Views from AltaSea's Blue Hour”.

RSVP on EventBrite 48 hours prior to attending the reception event for a proper headcount and for heath and safety considerations. Visit Safer Return for Campus Visitors at www.cpp.edu/safer-return/visitors/index.shtml For visitor parking:Use Lots C, F8, F9 or Parking Structures 1 or 2$8 Daily permits / $5 Weekend permits / $2 Per hour permits availableParking Phone: (909) 869-3061Please visit the "Plan Your Visit" section on the CPP Kellogg Gallery website for more information regarding directions. T he link for Planning your Visit can be found here: www.cpp.edu/kellogg-gallery/plan-your-visit.shtmlThe W. Keith and Janet Kellogg University Art Gallery is located on the North end of Cal Poly Pomona's Bronco Student Center (Building 35A), located right across from the University's University Library (Building 15). Images courtesy of Danielle Eubank, Isabel Beavers, Patsy Cox, Katherine Gray (top carousel), and Cynthia Minet (below).