For the past six months, my work wife @cmonachino and I have been busy organizing and pouring our Taurus energy into a new exhibition at @oygprojects . And it’s finally here! ✨⏳✨
Still Point brings together eleven artists who challenge conventional perceptions of time. The exhibition is inspired by one of my favorite poems, Burnt Norton by T.S. Eliot, in which he reflects on the paradoxes of time
-how past, present, and future exist as an integrated whole, with the present carrying both echoes of what has been and anticipation of what is to come.
The exhibition will be on view from September 6
through October 5, 2025, with an opening reception on Saturday, September 6, from 6 to 8 pm.
The AMAZING artists participating in the exhibition are: @larissa.bates@amybrener@rachellebussieres@laaang@oliviacjia@carolina__jimenez@abigaillucien@heidi_norton@sahanabanana@jayrye7@tracyhelenathomason
We can’t wait to share it with you-come hang out, toast the show, and maybe even lose track of time with us.
Photos:
Langdon Graves Lachesis, 2022
Courtesy of the artist
Still Point’s zine launch is October 9, from 6 to 8 pm—we hope to see you there! 💖
The exhibition is bookended by poetry: inspired by and opening with T. S. Eliot’s Burnt Norton, it closes with Ramya Ramana’s 1945 then 1971 then 1993 then 1995 then 2018. Both texts are included in the accompanying zine, placing past and present in dialogue—echoing the exhibition’s very concept. At the launch, Ramya will read her poem at 7 pm. ✨🎙️✨
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Ramya Ramana is an award-winning American author, poet, lyricist and writer. She was born, raised and currently resides in New York. Ramana won the NY Knicks Poetry Slam, which awarded her a full tuition scholarship to St. John’s University. Soon after, she became the Youth Poet Laureate of NYC. She has since performed at events such as the US Open, Pharrell’s Adidas Campaign, SONY TV’s Asian Women in the Arts Awards, and many more. Her work can be found on the Poetry Foundation and Academy of American and many others. In addition to performing and writing, Ramana has also worked as an educator and mentor for young poets and young women. She received her MFA in creative writing from the New School. Ramana is currently working as a songwriter.
🚨𝐒𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐢𝐧𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐭𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟏𝟐! @oygprojects is open Fri–Sun, 1 to 6 pm.
📆 𝐒𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐭𝐞: Zine launch on October 9, 6 to 8 pm—details coming soon!
𝑺𝒕𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝑷𝒐𝒊𝒏𝒕 brings together eleven artists who challenge conventional perceptions of time. The exhibition is inspired by one of my favorite poems, Burnt Norton by T.S. Eliot, in which he reflects on the paradoxes of time—how past, present, and future exist as an integrated whole, with the present carrying both echoes of what has been and anticipation of what is to come. ⏰💭🔮
Artists: @larissa.bates@amybrener@rachellebussieres@laaang@oliviacjia@carolina___jimenez@abigaillucien@heidi_norton@sahanabanana@jayrye7@tracyhelenathomason
Photos by @chanelmatsunami
New piece is on view in Still Point at @oygprojects curated by @cmonachino and @gakraus through 10/12 with a book release party 10/9 at 6pm! Please come out!
Seven Stamens Twist, 2025
acrylic, oil pastel, mushroom, coral, glass, charcoal, resin, pigment on cold pressed paper, custom walnut frame 11 1/4 x 14 x 1 1/2 in
(28.6 x 35.6 x 3.8 cm)
“Through material, memory, and mythology, the artists in Still Point open portals into layered temporalities, where reflection and possibility converge. In this suspended space, the limits of chronology dissolve, allowing for a deeper reckoning with change, continuity, and presence. The exhibition unfolds across three thematic frameworks: Time as Medium and Form
-works that engage with time through process, structure, and temporal markers; Time as Cultural Memory and Legacy-works that explore time through identity, generational knowledge, and familial histories; and Time as Myth and Narrative-works that draw on storytelling, speculative worlds, and reimagined cosmologies.”
With @larissa.bates@amybrener@rachellebussieres@oliviacjia@carolina___jimenez@abigaillucien@laaang@sahanabanana@jayrye7@tracyhelenathomason
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✨ ANNOUNCING OUR CURATORIAL OPEN CALL 2025-26 RECIPIENTS ✨ We are honored to work with these curators and are looking forward to introducing their work to the community in our 2025-2026 Exhibition Calendar! More information to follow.
Lauren Klenow ( @laurenklenow ): Selvedge Opening June 21st, 2025
Caitlin Monachino ( @cmonachino ) and Gretchen Kraus ( @gakraus ): Still Point Opening September 6th, 2025
Austin Johnson ( @proudfamilythemesong ) and Peter Kelly ( @p.ete.rk.ell.y ): Penumbra: Beyond the Uncanny Valley Opening Spring 2026
Our latest publication @thealdrich ! Made on the occasion of A Garden of Promise and Dissent curated by @amy_smithstewart . This book is 7.5 x 7.5”, a nod to the earliest publications made by The Aldrich (last slide).
Artists in the show: Terry Adkins, Kelly Akashi, Teresa Baker, Alina Bliumis, Carolina Caycedo, Carl Cheng, Rachelle Dang, Anders Hamilton, Maren Hassinger, Hugh Hayden, Max Hooper Schneider, Athena LaTocha, Gracelee Lawrence, Cathy Lu, Jill Magid, Suchitra Mattai, Mary Mattingly, Brandon Ndife, Meg Webster, Faith Wilding, and Rachel Youn.
