An intersectional arts collaborative working to challenge the perpetual systems of oppression within and beyond the art world
EXHIBITIONS
ETHERIC BODIES | 2024
A solo show by Mahari Chabwera curated by Angela N. Caroll.
POSTERS FOR PALESTINE | 2024
An open call poster exhibit featuring anonymous artists in solidarity with the People of Palestine.
GROWING A VILLAGE | 2023
Growing a Village is the first culminating show of a six month collaborative critique series by Our Art Room (OAR).
SALT EATERS | 2023
An annual, regional survey of contemporary art. The exhibition serves as a fundraiser to support Salt, the fellowship.
THINK TANK | 2023
An exhibition featuring the work of Esteban Whiteside and The Menial Collection.
PRAYER CLOSET | 2022
Prayer Closet thinks about the Black sanctified church as the intersections of race, sexuality, pleasure, and constraint.
BETWEEN TWO WORLDS | 2022
A collection of posters and prints from artists, activists, and collectives imagining a unified global anti-imperialist movement.
REFUSING REFUSAL | 2020
A multimedia show that explores how artists of color can disregard institutional rules and create spaces tailored to encompass our unique identities.
HEDONIST BUDDHIST | 2019
Hedonist Buddhist is an artist-curated bookstore, exhibition, and performance space created in response to the co-opting of eastern spirituality as a consumptive lifestyle.
GIFT SHOP | 2016
Gift Shop is a large-scale installation that questions boundaries of commerce within cultural institutions. Merging the realms of art, design, craft, conceptuality and entertainment, Gift Shop rejects all hierarchy and embraces a pluralism of form that will liberate your soul!
A WEALTH OF IRONY | 2014
A Wealth of Irony is a large-scale installation in the backyard of Philippa Hughes’ condo.
EVERYTHING MUST GO| 2019
Everything Must Go invites audiences to rethink established systems of exchange and the elements of creation, production, consumption, possession, waste, and value(s) functioning within them.
DESTROY AND REBUILD| 2015
Destroy and Rebuild is a group show featuring the work of Aaron Maier-Carretero, Rodrigo Carazas Portal, Justin Poppe, and Ignacio Joseph Orzal
NOW MORE THAN EVER | 2017
"Now More than Ever" is a call to action to confront liberal paralysis and address the symbolic operations of white racial privilege within the everyday American police state.
SMALL WORKS | 2015
Small Works is a small group show featuring small works, co-curated by Claire Felonis, featuring a group of artists from DC and Baltimore.