Everything Has Changed features work by artists who have experienced — or are experiencing — life changing health care experiences. The exhibit includes 2D work, 3D work, gallery hosted video, an evening of performance, a physician presentation through Agitator’s monthly Art of Science series, and a writing workshop facilitated by Surviving the Mic (date TBA).

Exhibit Preview & Physician Talk with Art of Science | Thursday, September 12, 7pm – 10pm
Dr. Gregory Primus, Orthopedic Surgeon

Opening Reception | Saturday September 14, 6pm – 10pm
Music will be provided by Andy Slater and the Society of Visually Impaired Sound Artists (SVISA).

Performance and Video Event | Saturday, September 21, 7pm – 10pm
Featuring a wide variety of original time-based work.

Closing Reception & Artists’ Talk | Saturday, October 5, 6pm – 10pm

Regular Gallery Hours
Monday & Wednesday 6pm – 9pm, Thursday & Friday 5pm – 8pm, or by appointment.
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“This exhibit was inspired by my gratitude for a changed life, and my hope for a brighter future with universal, accessible, affordable quality health care. Pain is a cruel and brutal teacher. It makes you cautious; it makes you crave predictability. For years I put commas and periods in my life where they didn’t need to be. I learned how to trick the pain, but it was like squeezing a balloon, parts expanding and parts contracting, threatening to burst. I am now unlearning habits of a lifetime.”
– Gretchen Hasse, Curator

Curator Gretchen Hasse has lived with severe knee pain since she was a teenager. The pain and damage in her joints became more debilitating over time, and enduring it shaped her character. In the fall of 2018, with health insurance available in recent years through the ACA, she was able to get 2 full knee replacements. Successful surgeries have reshaped her life in ways that are still becoming clear to her.

Agitator Cooperative Gallery is a worker cooperative that makes decisions by consensus, valuing each member’s input equally, relying on non-hierarchical collective decision making. Agitator seeks to promote and engage significant art, including art made by conventionally overlooked artists.

Agitator Gallery will be wheelchair accessible for this event and all subsequent events.

Artists

Salvador Campos
Sara Peak Convery
Perry Danis
Micah Dillman
Jessica Fenlon
Michael Gallagher
Jennifer Hochgesang and Mimi Wallman
Megan Keating
Brianne LaPelusa
Carole McCurdy
Chuck McNally
Frederick Nitsch
Hamsen Peeler
Mason Pott
Zoë Sapienza
Sara Sinuk
Stephanie Sinuk
Brett Taylor
kinnari Vora
Rachel Wallis
Patrick Wilkins
Sid Yiddish

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Tags:  SALVADOR CAMPOS, Agitator Gallery, Andy Slater, Brett Taylor, Brianne LaPelusa, Carole McCurdy, Chuck McNally, Dr. Gregory Primus, Everything has Changed: Life Altering Health Care Experiences in 21st Century USA, Frederick Nitsch, Hamsen Peeler, Jennifer Hochgesang, Jessica Fenlon, kinnari Vora, Mason Pott, Megan Keating, Micah Dillman, Michael Gallagher, Mimi Wallman, Patrick Wilkins, Perry Danis, Rachel Wallis, Sara Peak Convery, Sara Sinuk, Sid Yiddish, Stephanie Sinuk, the Society of Visually Impaired Sound Artists (SVISA), West Town, Zoë Sapienza