People’s Homes: Emily Fitzgerald and Molly Sherman
Fri, Mar 03
|Contemporary at Blue Star
Come by Contemporary at Blue Star on First Friday, March 3rd from 6pm - 9pm for the opening of People’s Homes: Emily Fitzgerald and Molly Sherman. This exhibit will run through June 4, 2023.
Time & Location
Mar 03, 2023, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Contemporary at Blue Star, 116 Blue Star, San Antonio, TX 78204, USA
About the event
Image: Emily Fitzgerald and Molly Sherman, People’s Homes, 2022. Courtesy of the artists.
People’s Homes is a collaborative project that honors longtime residents and investigates expanded notions of home. We began the first People’s Homes project in 2015 by pairing five Portland-based artists with five senior citizens. Each artist made a small-scale billboard to honor the seniors’ life experiences, which were installed in the residents’ front yards. Our continued work on this project is propelled by the people we have met, the resilience we have witnessed, and the stories that move us.
Each iteration of the People’s Homes series draws upon the vernacular of symbols and objects found in front yards, on porches, and in neighborhoods to make powerful statements about home, family, and gentrification. The first iteration repurposed the form of front yard billboards that are often used as real estate signage. Instead of seeing the expected ‘for sale’…