On January 14, 2021 at 6pm PT, the Reynolds Gallery is pleased to host the opening of a juried virtual exhibition, “Dreaming of Equ>lity.” University of the Pacific student curators selected work from an open call addressing social and political discourses stimulated by the global crises of 2020.

Thirty-one artists at all stages of their careers and from across the US contributed work focused on their hopes for an end to the collective traumas of injustice, racism, discrimination, and climate destruction. Artists bravely front systemic disadvantages with camera, paintbrush, and pencil as swords. They also make the best of virtual opportunities to communicate messages of hope and to challenge us to create a more just and equal society. The forty-six pieces in the show include documentary photography, photomontage, painting, drawing, collage, sculpture and video. Artists address issues of identity - Black Lives Matter features prominently - from painful experiences of constraint to proposing new ways of being free and genuine self-care. Tackling historic iniquity and honoring significant influences, they point to futures diverse and deeply imagined.

Exhibiting artists, include: Kamal Al Monsour, Ahmed Arsland, Jena Ataras, Aram Bea, Gretchen Beck, Joe Bussell, Christian Bustos, John Chang, Trevor Coopersmith, Michael Darough, Michael Kenneth Depue, Greta Dole, Kia Duras, Roya Farassat, Firoz Mahmud, Crystal Marshall, Sherry Muhuyan He, George Loria, Paolo Morales, Jeff Musser, Brenda Munguia, Nimisha, Alissa Ohashi, Nikki Parikh, Chris Revelle, Ann Stoddard, Laura Tanner, Vancai, Morrie Warshawski, Sara Zielinski, and Jing Zhou. The exhibition was conceived and created by student co-curators Crystal Baltazar, Paola Baltazar Salcedo, Angelique Doty, Jennifer Nava, Megan Rabatan and Kaelani Valdez-Nawatani under the mentorship of professor Marie Lee and university curator Lisa Cooperman.

The show can be viewed on ArtSteps, an online exhibition platform that allows audience to visit virtual spaces. Browse the exhibition or take the virtual tour curated by the gallery. The Reynolds Gallery, located in the Jeannette Powell Art Center at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California, encourages the exchange of artistic and cultural ideas, and provides Pacific students and the larger region a forum to explore traditional and contemporary art and design.

Zoom reception: https://pacific.zoom.us/j/92100257989... (Meeting ID: 921 0025 7989, Passcode: 913356) on Thursday, January 14, 6 pm

*Firoz Mahmud Soaked Dream-Only Positive
*Alissa Ohashi Free Hugs
*Ann Stoddard Black Angel

Opening Reception: January 14, 2021 6pm PT
CONTACT: Marie Lee, Associate Professor Department of Art, Media, Performance and Design at University of the Pacific Jeannette Powell Art Center (Mlee2@pacific.edu)