Collective Actions imagines and activates new forms of collectivity through arts and community action. It is a call to participate. It is a call to action.

*Photo above: Buckminster Fuller, Black Mountain College. Western Region

January 21, 2015 - March 29, 2015

Collective Actions imagines and activates new forms of collectivity through arts and community action. It is a call to participate. It is a call to action.

This group show is a platform to bring together a range of artistic and participatory interventions that, in various ways, ask: what does collectivity look like today? What are its limitations? How can we further re-imagine and shape it? Who is "we"?

The project is action-driven. You are invited to complete ACTIONS together with the artists, collectives, and other community members who will be in residence in the gallery for periods of time throughout the course of the exhibition.

Exhibited artworks encompass sculpture, performance, design studio work, and socially engaged public works.

ARTISTS:

Adelita Husni-Bey, Nicola L, Mary Mattingly, Jody Servon, Martha Whittington

COLLABORATORS+ COLLECTIVES:

Authoring Action +Adelita Husni-Bey

Arts for Life + Mary Mattingly

Buckminster Fuller Architecture Class at Black Mountain College

The Collective On Demand: Megan Crabtree, Madison Dixon, Kali Hudson, Yairon Martinez, Kim Pham, with Denise Gonzales Crisp (NC State College of Design)

Industries for the Blind + Martha Whittington

Curated by Cora Fisher, SECCA Curator of Contemporary Art and Deborah Randolph, SECCA Curator of Education.

ACTIONS

Jody Servon, Dreams for Free

Tell your dreams to the artist in exchange for a lottery ticket.

Jody Servon, Our Top 100

Tell us a memory sparked by a song, which will be added to a community top-100 playlist.

Adelita Husni-Bey + Authoring Action, Stargazing

Hear the next generation consider life on earth in light of possible futures of space travel and privatization. A performance at the opening caps their two-week long writing workshop and stargazing visit to the Guilford Tech Observatory.

Mary Mattingly, Making a Biosphere

Help build a geodesic dome in the gallery at SECCA. Floating for a period of six months on our lake, the biosphere dome will become a living island.

Martha Whittington + Industries for the Blind, Tactile Conversation

Use your senses of touch and listening to learn about making with sculptor Martha Whittington and non-sighted workers from Industries for the Blind.

Mary Mattingly + Arts for Life, Bundling Sacred Objects

Bring a personal object that means something to you and share the story about it, making a giant bundle dedicated to healing.The artist and Arts for Life will also gather objects with children and their families across North Carolina facing serious illness and debility. They will create mini-bundles that will join yours the gallery.

In the Press:

Winston-Salem Journal