Viewing | 5:30-6:30
Open Mic | 6:30-7:30

CreateHere is excited to unveil New Views, a gallery exhibit featuring work by MakeWork grant recipients Dana Shavin and Daryl Thetford. The show explores the theme of nostalgia--both public and private--through pieces based in photography.

Shavin, a writer and mixed-media artist, exhibits pieces from A Better House. In this series, Shavin combines original text with photo transparencies to discuss the idea of "home" and the significance of physicality in our private lives.

Thetford, a photographer, displays collage images that combine vintage signage and Americana relics. These pieces combine objects that, though they may have lost their cultural familiarity over time, serve as entry points into a public nostalgia and help rewrite our collective sense of history.

CreateHere will host a gallery reception for New Views on Thursday, March 12, 2009 from 5:30 to 7:30 pm. The event will feature a cocktail hour and an open mic venue.

In exploring the theme of shared history--and the revision thereof--CreateHere asks participants to forget everything they know about open mic night. Filmmakers and visual artists are encouraged to attend, in addition to poets, storytellers and musicians. Rethink what it means to share.