Exhibits & Events

Heaven is often positioned as a place of eternal riches; imagined as an exclusive gated community with gold-plated roads and endless mansions, heaven is made seductive through images of wealth. Glorious Blasphemy Issue 2, titled "An Otherwise Heaven," is both a zine launch and group exhibition exploring: what can heaven be when not held hostage by the greed of the capitalist imagination? Here, we annihilate and reform heaven into a blasphemous paradise, one that centers Black/queer/trans dreaming.

Between the zine and exhibition, this spiritual exploration features a total of 17 Black, queer, and trans artists.

The 3rd-floor gallery of the DVAA is a small and intimate space. We are asking attendees to please RSVP for a time slot in order to allow for the most easeful exhibition experience. This is a masked event, please wear a mask when not eating or drinking. Zines will be available for purchase on-site at the DVAA from October 4th - October 24th.

We look forward to welcoming you and collectively entering this new kind of portal to heaven.

Thank you to our supporters: the UPenn LGBT Center, the Makuu Black Cultural Center, and the UPenn Wolf Humanities Center.

An Otherwise Heaven will be on view in Gallery 3 at Da Vinci Art Alliance from October 4 - October 24.

THE FEATURED ARTISTS:

Exhibiting Artists*
Amir Khadar
angel shanel edwards
Azsaneé Truss
Jah Beverly
Rraine Hanson
Terrell Maurice
Tiffany R. Smith
Washesi
Webb

Zine Artists
Ben Nkapbela
Cam Simmons
Caris Wright
Lenore Maxine Pickett
Phaïssa Grenaëlle Verdilus
s.j.a
Yannick Lowery
Zanae Kendall

*Some exhibiting artists are also featured in the zine.