Boynton Beach—Curator and long time gay rights activist, Rolando Chang Barrero has put a hold on all exhibits and programing this month to organize the #LoveWinsExhibition. Scheduled on the customary 4th Thursday of the month at the Boynton Beach Art District where his award winning Art Walk and Exhibitions take place. ActivistArtistA Gallery will be the site for all who would like to celebrate the landmark decision by #SCOTUS, now simply referred to as #LoveWins though out social media like Facebook , twitter, and Instagram.
“We are initiating a county wide gathering to celebrate #LoveWins.”
This exhibition has been created to allow everyone to submit work for consideration.
Artists and public are encouraged to submit work ( $20 fee ). The Art Call is scheduled to end on July 15. The Art Call is located online at :
On separate Call to Action, the curator is contacting key individuals nationally and internationally so that they too can participate by creating mail-Art or sending notes.
Mail-Art, postcards, and letters are to mailed to: ActivistArtistA Office
1021 Avon Road
West Palm Beach, Florida 33401
The #LoveWinsExhibition opens with a reception on July 23, 2015 at ActivistArtistA Gallery, 422 West Industrial Avenue from 6-10pm
All persons interested in exhibiting work for the exhibition are to contact ActivistArtistA@gmail.com
The Pink Elephant Flag Painting by Rolando Chang Barrero is a part of a lager installation piece that has be choosen to be displayed at the #ElephantArtShow on July 18, 2015 from 7-11pm.
The yearly production by organizers Niki Lopez and Alana DaCosta will once again be the highlight of Fort Lauderdale's Art Scene.
" I am excited and honored to have been selected," says Rolando Chang Barrero
"La Vie En Rose” is an installation by Rolando Chang Barrero which brings to light the the “pink” elephant.
The “pInk' elephant in this case being the alternative “safe” environments where we choose to believe is answer to the violence and trauma to our LGBTQ youth.
I question these types of “solutions”, and found them to perpetuate “victim-ness” rather then empowering. Essentialy removing the GLBTQ youth from a customary path to adulthood.
My question is are we “closeting” them for their safety, or are we incapable of creating the change necessary for all our youth to travel into adulthood without fear of violence because of their gender or sexuality. Are we teaching our bold, powerful, beautiful children to hide behind walls while preaching shamelessness?
Are we asking them to wear rose tinted glasses...
Exhibition Details:
The Elephant Show opens with a reception on July 18, 2015 | 7-11pm at
DATES: Submission Deadline Saturday, July 15, 2015 Accepted artists will be notified on Sunday, July 16, 2013 Work is to be delivered to the gallery on Wednesday June 22 6pm All work must be ready to hang: Wired, accompanied with it's own pedestal (if needed), etc. Exhibition opens on Thursday, July 23 at 6 pm Pick up of work is on Sunday, July 26, 2015 at 6 pm.
Uta Brauser is at the top of the the list and at the top of her game. The German born artist, represented by Rolando Chang Barrero Fine Art Gallery has been making special guest appearances in Lake Worth since RCB Fine Art opened last November appears at the top of the list in the current Revolt Magazine in article by curator Katie Cercone.
Others that made the list are Mojo Disco, Coco Dolle, Diane Dwyer, Julia Sinelnikova, Kikuko Tanaka, Gudmundur Thoroddsen, Untitled Queen, Natalia Yovane, and Smurfo Udirty.
REVOLT Magazine
Top 10 NY Artists Now
by Curator, Katie Cercone
Uta Brauser, Born 1963 in Munich, Germany
Uta was born with the “curse and blessing” of being a divine channel of the creative forces. She works multidisciplinarily, including in sculpture, drawing, fashion and action art. She says that her work is about “Our obsession with us, the human, and our social and political interactions.” Currently living and working in New York City and Brooklyn, she claims that being a creator and remaining an objective viewer is one of her biggest challenges. She is currently working on drawing new forms dimensionally, resuming her sculptural work after a ten year break, community interactions through art and creativity, and wearable art fashion projects. Eventually, she is planning to put out two film projects.
Boynton Beach- The award winning art walk in the City of Boynton Beach, "Where Art Comes Alive," celebrates local art and music every fourth thursday of the month.
The June art will feature the ActivistArtistA Gallery's "3 Men" exhibition featuring recent work by Rolando Chang Barrero, Michael Kupillas, and Sami Makela.
Get your Hula on with a special dance presentation by Hawaii's Lailani.
Enjoy an evening of live music presented by MC and host, Joseph Liberali.
Live performances by Big Salty Love, Addison Palmore,Manuel de la Cruz, Paul Varian, Oliver Hanfmann, Joshua Myer, and others come out and grace us with their musical abilities as well.
Boynton Beach Arts District founder Rolando Chang Barrero said, jokingly, that he "finally wanted to do a minority exhibition - an exhibition of works by men in
"I'm inspired by the water and our beautiful beaches," said Kupillas, who is originally from New York. "It's in my job description: go to the beach and come home and paint it."
Barrero, a graduate of the Chicago Art Institute who owns the ActivistArtistA Gallery and Rolando Chang Barrero Fine Art Gallery in Lake Worth, founded the nascent arts district four years ago.
A versatile artist, creating street graffiti murals as well as Old Master-inspired canal scenes from 17th century Venice, Makela stumbled upon what might be his signature works – cityscape collages with a modern twist.
