Moving Sale - An Immersive Art Show

3308 Southeast Belmont Street,Portland OR 97214

14 February, 2022

Description

Moving Sale! An Immersive Art Exhibition featuring Joelly Ruiz, Jon Hwong, and Romana Sena inside of a moving truck. art2space info SLIDING SCALE AVAILABLE FOR ARTISTS ONLY. DM @romonsta on instagram or email [email protected] for the promo inquiry. We do this for you!!! Moving Sale! An Immersive Art Exhibition featuring Joelly Ruiz, Jon Hwong, and Romana Sena inside of a moving truck. All ticket proceeds go to art2space 501(3)(c). This event is by reservation only with covid-19 safe protocols. Last showing each night is at 9pm. Each ticket and time slot is for a one hour viewing inside the exhibition. We are staying safe by providing privacy and social distance standards inside of our moving truck exhibition. It is an intimate experience with many things to explore, watch, and listen to. A party can include up to 4 people but you must purchase all reservations for the same time slot. Our Uhaul will be parked around the corner from Mixtape Vintage at 3308 SE Belmont with a time limit of 1 hour. Charged smart phones are encouraged as there will be interactive codes. If you get lost, please inquire at Mixtape for our exact whereabouts during showings. Our VIP package includes us delivering our art show directly to you in the Portland Metro Area as well as original unreleased work by each artist and a 2 hour time limit. Your support funds us to finding a space to create with art2space 501(3)(c) BACKSTORY: “Moving Sale” is a reproduction of a previous exhibition that was held in July 2021 called “Garage Sale” which was held in Romana's shed at a house she rented. “Moving Sale” is being constructed inside of a storage unit as a restatement of what “Garage Sale” was about and art2space’s mission. “Moving Sale” takes place inside a moving truck parked outside Mixtape Vintage on Belmont. The reason being is that as BIPOC artists, we have to fight for the right to creator and gallery space in order to share our truth. Joelly and Romana have both seen struggles as women of color trying to integrate into gallery spaces and murals in Portland, OR. Romana, known as romonsta, started art2space in production of “Garage Sale” that as creators, Romana defines art and expression as a need next to food, water, shelter, and community. Romana also struggled herself with having all of her creativity return to her in the midst of the pandemic and waiting for unemployment to come through. In this time, she found herself running out of art supplies and no funds to fuel her life’s calling. She decided to start a fundraiser in the midst of it all and raised 99% of her goal to supply free art supplies to BIPOC communities including children, c3po, and attendees of Portland Art Picnic’s Juneteenth event in which she dispersed all supplies and built a free art supply library. The free art supply library is a sector of art2space and will be featured in the exhibit with more information. After the show's final production she searched high and low for any place to move her exhibit and came to a dead end on galleries not responding, people not knowing her as an artist in the community. art2space's momentum is an all inclusive space and anyone can be a part of, regardless of their status as an artist. ART2SPACE STATEMENT: Founded in July of 2021, art2space is an arts non-profit focusing on maker space, gallery integration, and exposure for our artistry. vision statement: all art, every voice.
 mission statement: We envision a world in which our artist neighbors get the accessibility path to the platform of showcasing their skillset and talents into careers. 

Sustainable investments in growing a community of multiracial, multigenerational, and multidisciplinary artists and neighbors committed to societal change by supporting their art making, community building, and leadership development.