Using common, underutilized, and discarded materials, these artists seek to reimagine or reinform a public relationship to the material.

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(GOWANUS, BROOKLYN) — On October 21, 2026, Art21’s Big Night of Shorts touched down at Powerhouse Arts in celebration of the creative ecosystems that mak contemporary art possible. The evening’s ...

Liz Magor was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada in 1948. She makes uncannily realistic casts of humble objects—garments, cardboard boxes, ashtrays—that speak to mortality and local histories. Magor’s ...

Lonnie Holley was born in 1950 in Birmingham, Alabama. One of the South’s preeminent self-taught artists, Holley lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia. His practice extends from assemblage and sculpture ...

Tania Bruguera was born in 1968 in Havana, Cuba. Bruguera, a politically motivated performance artist, explores the relationship between art, activism, and social change in works that examine the ...

Debra Shushan is an educator, artist and California native plant advocate. She has been teaching Studio Art, Photography and most recently, Media Arts, to high school students at Salesian College ...