Atlanta based artist Jessica Caldas announces upcoming exhibition 'Love/d & Sex/ed' at Mammal Gallery

Love/d & Sex/ed is a meandering visual conversation touching on each issue within the broad spectrum of sex, gender, love, and intimacy. These issues range broadly in both negative and positive contexts, but connect to each other in a complicated and important web of influence, impact, and need, illustrating the challenges and triumphs our society faces when confronting these ideas. The work within the show will address these topics, create space for conversation and point towards action.

Alongside a new, shifting body of work from Caldas, an assortment of other collaborators, which includes artists, organizers, researchers, and other community members will take part in Love/d & Sex/ed. This show will manifest through physical work, conversations, workshops, discussions, interactive experiences, and performances to create space for thoughtful dialogue and learning. The “conversations” will occur within the space of the gallery, will remain free and open to the public, and will encourage the thoughtful and sometimes physical participation of the audience.

Participating artists include Maria Alejandra Baetti, Danielle Deadwyler, Iman Person, Jaehn Clare, Estela Semeco, Maggie Benoit, Audrey Gamez, Jac Woo, Grace Thornton, Jennifer Tarrazi-Scully, Aida Curtis, Lauren Hind, Ruth Schowalter, Haylee Anne, Angela Bortone, Nicholas Ward, Adele Ulrich, Ray Manlove, Patty Lacrete, Angela Davis Johnson, Jo Peace, and Tom Bell

Presenters include Tracey Hipp, Bee Nguyen, The Georgia Women’s Policy Institute, Stephanie Kong, Callahan Pope McDonough, Jan Christiansen, and more

Show info and timeline

Love/d & Sex/ed

Thursday, April 14th through Monday, May 31st

Mammal Gallery - http://mammalgallery.com/

91 Broad St SW, Atlanta, GA 30303

Organized and curated by Jessica Caldas with Maggie Benoit.

• Thursday, April 14th - Opening Reception
• Saturday, April 16th, Beginning at 3pm - Conversations on Sex
• Saturday, April 30th, Beginning at 3 pm - Conversations on Love
• Saturday, May 7th, Beginning at 3 pm - Conversations on the Body
• Thursday, May 19th through Tuesday, May 31st - huMAN Up's Conversations on Becoming Human

A full schedule, information about each of the collaborators, and details about the show can be found at http://jessicacaldas.com/lovedandsexed/ and will be posted on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/events/271292249869534/.

Jessica Caldas:

Jessica Caldas is an Atlanta based artist, advocate, and activist. Her work deals primarily with connecting personal and community narratives to larger themes and social issues. She strives to create spaces for conversation, opportunities for education and awareness, and actions for change. Caldas has participated in numerous emerging artist residencies, including the Atlanta Printmakers Studio in 2011, MINT Gallery's Leap Year Program from 2012-2013, and WonderRoot’s 2013-2014 Walthall Fellowship. Caldas was named Creative Loafing's Best of ATL Artist for 2015, received the City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs Emerging Artist Award in Visual Arts for 2014, and was a finalist for the Forward Arts Foundation's Emerging Artist Award in 2014. She has shown work nationally, internationally, and throughout the city of Atlanta at various galleries and through several public art programs. Her work has been featured at Burnaway, ArtsAtl, Creative Loafing Atlanta, Atlanta Magazine, Simply Buckhead, and more.