An Otherwise Heaven

A 3rd FLOOR GALLERY POP-up EXHIBITION

Curated by Temi Loye, Creator of Glorious Blasphemy Zine

On View October 4 - October 24 Opening Reception Friday, October 4th from 6-9PM Closing Reception, Zine Reading, & Artist Talk Thursday, October 24 6-8pm

RSVP FOR THE OPENING (MASKED)

RSVP FOR THE CLOSING (MASKED)

About the exhibition:

Heaven is often positioned as a place of eternal riches; imagined as an exclusive gated community with gold plated roads and endless mansions, heaven is made seductive through images of wealth. Glorious Blasphemy Issue 2, titled "An Otherwise Heaven," is both a zine launch and group exhibition exploring: what can heaven be when not held hostage by the greed of the capitalist imagination? Here, we annihilate and reform heaven into a blasphemous paradise, one that centers Black/queer/trans dreaming.

Between the zine and exhibition, this spiritual exploration features a total of 17 Black, queer, and trans artists.

The 3rd floor gallery of the DVAA is a small and intimate space. We are asking attendees to please RSVP for a time slot in order to allow for the most easeful exhibition experience. See link above! This is a masked event, please wear a mask when not eating or drinking. Zines will be available for purchase on site at the DVAA from October 4th - October 24th.

We look forward to welcoming you and collectively entering this new kind of portal to heaven.

Thank you to our supporters: the UPenn LGBT Center, the Makuu Black Cultural Center, and the UPenn Wolf Humanities Center.

An Otherwise Heaven will be on view in Gallery 3 at Da Vinci Art Alliance from October 4 - October 24.