BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Sitewrench//Calendar API//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:2313493 DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20220114T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20220114T210000 SUMMARY:Offering & Guarding by Cristiana Prado DESCRIPTION:Exhibition Statement: I&rsquo\;m originally from Brazil and hav e lived in the United States for the past 22 years. I come from the city o f Salvador in the state of Bahia\, which is full of spirituality and inter relations among European\, Indigenous\, and African cultures. During the p eriod of African slavery\, millions of African people\, particularly the Y oruba\, were forcibly brought to the Americas. The Yoruba and other Africa ns worked as slaves or underwent forced labor on the plantations of Brazil \, and the first slaves arrived in Bahia. They brought their religions\, f ood\, music\, and dance to Brazil.\n\nMy time spent in the Brazilian and A merican cultures has led me to constantly create art as a union of languag e between me and my native culture. I have been inspired by my deep connec tion with nature\, mostly through my memories of spending long summers at the beach and my fascination for the African art and religion that has sh aped my home city.\n\nMy ceramic pieces are mostly symbolic objects in var ious scales: sculptures\, vessels\, totems\, and tiles. While creating\, I look for aesthetic relationships between my sources of inspiration. Clay has been the best medium for me to express this dynamic union. I employ l abor-intensive surface treatments by using textures\, organic shapes\, dis torted masses\, blended colors\, and craft media.\n\nWhen I was a kid\, I witnessed one of the Yoruban rituals as part of new year&rsquo\;s celebra tion by our beach house. Since I was raised Catholic and was never exposed to the African religions\, that ritual scared me in a way but at the same time really intrigued me. Even though I was taught to respect the African religion\, it was never a major part of my family. In fact\, we were skep tical about the mystery and magic behind the rituals.\n\nLiving in this co untry for so many years has made me feel nostalgic and homesick\, so I hav e frequently gone back to my childhood memories. One of the ways I have fo und to keep these memories alive has been to study and demystify the myste ry and obscurity I had towards the rituals. Since then\, unconsciously\, o r not\, my admiration for the rituals&rsquo\; colors\, costumes\, magic\, mystery\, sounds\, and objects has been integral to my story and has beco me a strong reference used in my art. These memories have come to life.\n\ nI&rsquo\;m fascinated by the relationships between human beings and the p owerful spirits of the Orishas. The Orishas are spirits that help people a chieve the destiny that God planned for them before they were born. They a re still represented in rituals to offer help and to guard people by prote cting them from evil types of spirits\, influences\, and energy.\n LOCATION:TAC Gallery URL:http://roottulsa.sitewrench.com/events/event/2313493/date/2022-01-14 CREATED:20220110T192754Z DTSTAMP:20240328T111947Z RRULE:FREQ=WEEKLY;UNTIL=20220129T060000Z;WKST=SU;BYDAY=FR X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
Exhibition Statement: I&rsquo\;m originally from Brazil and have lived in the United States for the past 22 years. I come from the city of Salvador in the state of Bahia\, which is full of s pirituality and interrelations among European\, Indigenous\, and African c ultures. During the period of African slavery\, millions of African people \, particularly the Yoruba\, were forcibly brought to the Americas. The Yo ruba and other Africans worked as slaves or underwent forced labor on the plantations of Brazil\, and the first slaves arrived in Bahia. They broug ht their religions\, food\, music\, and dance to Brazil.
\n\nMy time spent in the Brazilian and American cultures has led me to constantly cre ate art as a union of language between me and my native culture. I have be en inspired by my deep connection with nature\, mostly through my memories of spending long summers at the beach and my fascination for the African art and religion that has shaped my home city.
\n\nMy ceramic piece s are mostly symbolic objects in various scales: sculptures\, vessels\, to tems\, and tiles. While creating\, I look for aesthetic relationships betw een my sources of inspiration. Clay has been the best medium for me to exp ress this dynamic union. I employ labor-intensive surface treatments by us ing textures\, organic shapes\, distorted masses\, blended colors\, and cr aft media.
\n\nWhen I was a kid\, I witnessed one of the Yoruban rit uals as part of new year&rsquo\;s celebration by our beach house. Since I was raised Catholic and was never exposed to the African religions\, that ritual scared me in a way but at the same time really intrigued me. Even though I was taught to respect the African religion\, it was never a majo r part of my family. In fact\, we were skeptical about the mystery and mag ic behind the rituals.
\n\nLiving in this country for so many years has made me feel nostalgic and homesick\, so I have frequently gone back to my childhood memories. One of the ways I have found to keep these memo ries alive has been to study and demystify the mystery and obscurity I had towards the rituals. Since then\, unconsciously\, or not\, my admiration for the rituals&rsquo\; colors\, costumes\, magic\, mystery\, sounds\, an d objects has been integral to my story and has become a strong reference used in my art. These memories have come to life.
\n\nI&rsquo\;m fa scinated by the relationships between human beings and the powerful spirit s of the Orishas. The Orishas are spirits that help people achieve the des tiny that God planned for them before they were born. They are still repre sented in rituals to offer help and to guard people by protecting them fro m evil types of spirits\, influences\, and energy.
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