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You can have that chair, this one is taken
Sep. 18 - Nov. 27
Tuesday through Saturday
10 am - 9 pm
Jamaica Arts Center
161-04 Jamaica Ave
Jamaica, NY 11432
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You can have that chair, this one is taken
Opens September 18 • Curated by: Jesus Caicedo
Join us for our Visual Voices Exhibit!
Don't miss the opening reception for this exhibition! You Can Have That Chair, This One is Taken is a group show curated and conceived by Jesus Cacaido.
This one's intimate. Emotional. It's a multi-sensory experience about space, identity, nourishment, and the art of becoming. Loosely inspired by Babette's Feast, it goes beyond the dinner table. It's about unlearning, growing backwards to grow better, and honoring the moment you're in - the chair you've earned through healing, mistakes and, just showing up.
Each room will be alive filled with scent, sound, visuals, food. It's art you walk through, sit with the taste. I call it urban foraging a method of creating that pulls from your surrounding with care and intention. That philosophy is in my cooking, my life, and now this show. It's personal. Honest. Nothing wasted, nothing fake. And yeah - This chair? It's taken.
Featured Artists:
Anna & Phillip Kreips, Anton Thiemke (Space Idol) Cheri Passera, Ingrid Yuzly Mathurin, Lina Soledad Rosario, Sabrina Santagio, Zehma Herring, Zuzana Radičová, Annika Weertz, Sue Ann Schiller.
ABOUT Jesus CaIcEdo
Jesus Cacaido is an illustrator, creative advisor, cook, dinner party host, dog sitter, Mr. Do It All and now...officially a curator. Although new to his resume, the act of curating is something Jesus has practiced his entire life: “I’ve always brought artists into rooms, connected people who needed to meet, cooked for everyone, drawn the invitation, created the feeling, and made sure nobody felt left out.” Born in Colombia, raised in Brooklyn, and now he floats between NYC and whatever headspace he is in that day. It’s a ride. Jesus makes things — drawings, ideas, experiences — that bring people together. Food, art, music, storytelling... that’s his language. Jesus is constantly learning, unlearning, figuring it out as he goes. His work isn’t about being perfect — it’s about being present, honest, and real.
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