Contingencies
Astrid Christiansen | Anna Lise Jensen
October 18 – November 23, 2024
Opening reception: October 18, 7:00-8:00 PM
Gallery hours: Saturdays, 12:00-3:00 PM and by appointment

Special Programming
October 19
12:00-1:00 PM: Verrazzano Anniversary Celebration
Anna Lise Jensen serves vegan pizza and Danish beer while conducting video interviews as part of the 60th anniversary of the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, with a focus on the bridge’s missing bike/pedestrian lane./
1:00-2:00 PM: Artists’ conversation
November 23
12:00 -2:00 PM: Closing reception

We are in a time of expansive change. Climate, war, technology and political upheavals are creating a sense of insecurity and anxiety about the future that has many of us considering a Plan B, a contingency plan. If this comes to pass…then I will do this…The future is always uncertain, but we now find ourselves continually bracing for the next disruption that can be inconvenient at least or tragic at most. 

Life is a series of struggles and triumphs in the best of times. How do we cope when we are living at a time when our own struggles are muted by the unimaginable suffering of others, when we are overwhelmed with the scope of problems that are triggering countless disasters? 
The artists in the exhibition Contingencies move forward by finding beauty through pain, connecting with others, building anew, and working with their gifts, forming collective actions and encountering hope through the lens of life’s impermanence.