Artists Talk – Untold Stories

Join the artists of Untold Stories – Tara Sabharwal, Mary Ting and Yeon-Ji Yoo as they talk about their individual works. Their art tells the tales of the cleavage of families from each other and their homes, separated by oceans, the slammed shut doors of nations at war, and the violence of fear.

Untold Stories explores three artists’ individual pilgrimages into the hauntings of our century. They are the tales that inhabit bodies – the histories, memories, dreams and whispers – dissected, reassembled, and metamorphosized into another imagining, and the landscape of resilience.

The paintings, drawings and prints of Tara Sabharwal are intuitive in process -a melding of the unconscious self and the raging global migration crisis. Tara was born and educated in Delhi, India and resides in New York.

In her four decades career, she has had 45 solo shows in the U.S., UK, Germany, India, Japan, Pakistan, Italy, China, Portugal and France. The drawings, installations, and books of Mary Ting reflect on Chinese cultural history, trauma, grief, and the loss of nature. Mary teaches environmental justice and does research on the wildlife trade. Mary is an American born Chinese, who also studied and worked in China. Her solo exhibitions include the Lambert Foundation, Dean Project, Metaphor Contemporary Art, and the Kentler Drawing Space. She has lectured on the endangered wildlife markets at the Jane Goodall Institute Nepal; The Explorer’s Club, NYC, and Conservation Action Trust, Capetown, SA, among others.

The sculpture, photographs and collages of Yeon-Ji Yoo are infused with her childhood memories, family struggles, and reconstructed narratives. Yeon Ji has a graduate degree in fine arts and also environmental science. Yeon Ji spent her early childhood in rural South Korea before immigrating to the United States. She has exhibited throughout the NY area including  Wave Hill, Brooklyn Museum, Samek Art Museum and the Children’s Art Museum of Manhattan.

Join RoCA on June 3rd at 4:00pm for this artists talk. For more information, call 845-358-0877 or visithttp://www.rocklandartcenter.org http://www.rocklandartcenter.org www.rocklandartcenter.org

RoCA gratefully acknowledges support for its programs from The Rea Charitable Trust, ArtsWestchester, Sarah and Stephen Thomas, The Richard Pousette-Dart Foundation, M&T Bank, The M&T Charitable Foundation, The Dorothy Gillespie Foundation, Walter Cain & Paulo Ribeiro, Kantrowitz, Goldhamer & Graifman P.C., QuietEvents, the Estate of Joan Konner, Lighting Services Inc.,, the Mark and Jessie Milano Foundation, Zaklin Family Charitable Fund, The County of Rockland, Art Services Group, RoCA members, donors and business members.

RoCA’s programs are made possible, in part, with funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York State Legislature. Funding is also made possible by the County of Rockland.