CARRIE MINIKEL I THIS

THIS

The Hill Street Country Club presents recent works

by Carrie Minikel

What does this experience offer to your artistic career?

This opportunity allowed me to work on a larger scale than I normally do, and take a risk using unfamiliar methods.

THIS will be An Exhibition focus on Carrie Minikel’s acceptance of mortality.

What inspires your work?

I’m fascinated by how we aren’t our bodies but our bodies are ours. How they are expressions of us, tools, a medium through which we experience the world and often a large part of our identities. We are also trapped in them and increasingly limited by them as we age. As I watch my daughter grow, and my parents age, I am increasingly aware of my own mortality - it is becoming a palpable presence. This piece is about sitting with the solidity and gravity of that in a physical form, and on some level, accepting it. This truth we share in common is a great perpective-giver. It is larger than me, too big and unwieldy for me to control and somehow beautiful.

EMILY FERGUSON I LITTLE GIRL BLUE

LITTLE GIRL BLUE

The Hill Street Country Club presents recent works

by Emily Ferguson

Opening November 2nd at 7 PM Emily Ferguson will be featured through a Solo Exhibition within The Hill Street Country Club art gallery space. With work resembling the female experience in relation with natural phenomenon her work is vibrant and withholds an essence of storytelling in each piece.

CAITLYN GAURANO I LESS TIME AGING

LESS TIME AGING

The Hill Street Country Club presents recent works

by Caitlyn Gaurano

About Gauranos’ work

Gaurano photographs capture people of color as individuals, and focus largely on her millennial identity and navigation through low wages, student loans and fun times. Many of her subjects exhibit individual style influenced by fashion, friendships and social media realities. Less Time Aging, looks at the development of youth culture and the experimental rites of passage towards adulthood.

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CHITRA GOPALAKRISHNAN | AUGMENTED REALITIES

AUGMENTED REALITIES

The Hill Street Country Club presents recent works

by Chitra Gopalakrishnan

What is a large inspiration to your self portrait artwork within the exhibition?

Motherhood brings with it immense joy, wonder and love, along with an equal share of vulnerability, pain and fragility. This self-portrait uses botanical analogies to explore ideas of isolation, pain, fear and the resilience in modern motherhood, as seen through a personal lens. My inspiration for this work comes from the conversations with the mothers in my life. Modern American motherhood is an isolating experience and I hope to create a dialog about community and inter-dependence through my work.

TIJERA WILLIAMS | EXODUS FROM INIQUITY

EXODUS FROM INIQUITY

The Hill Street Country Club presents recent works

by Tijera Williams

About the Exhibition

Exodus From Iniquity explores a couple in the throes of uncertainty, and Black people reimagined in classical scenes journeying through ecstasy and anguish. Williams’ work as a multidisciplinary artist explores the true to size Black body in space and in relation to other Black bodies. Prior to the pandemic Williams imagined the pieces would have been paintings. The exhibit instead takes a deep dive into how the artist’s narrative style translates into photography. As a Black woman in the world of photography, Tijera Williams is carving space for her voice and her experience outside of the pressures of any expected gaze. The Hill Street Country Club’s co-founder Dinah Poellnitz notes the importance of creating this kind of space for artists to explore in non traditional messy ways. “Art is personal, for Black artists the work itself is a story-tool used to highlight our experiences”- Dinah Poellnitz. Using diverse mediums, reclaiming our bodies, and taking up space The Hill Street Country Club celebrates Black History Month our own way. In this, our 9th year, we are proud to curate shows that live outside of expectations, and outside of norms - a new kind of Black history being created right here in Oceanside.