Jamestown Arts Center

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Gallery Night with Curator Jon Baylor

Thursday, July 14, 2022

6:30-7:30 pm

Free; cash bar

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION: Surfing was once considered counterculture, spawned by artists and beatniks of the 50’s and 60’s, which was then rebranded in the 70’s and 80’s to legitimize it as a sport to those far away from the ocean. Meanwhile, creative types have existed quietly on the fringes, where their passion for surfing has informed their artwork and approach to their particular medium.

Both activities engage the flow state, a state of unconscious competence.

The aim of this exhibition is to shed the lifestyle component and dig into the mental spaces that both surfing and art inhabit.