Pharmaco/Liberation Opening Reception
Pharmaco/Liberation
Friday, April 10 | 5 to 8PM
709 N Howard St, Baltimore, MD
RSVP here! FREE and open to the public.
Join Making Space Bmore for the opening reception of our next show, Pharmaco/Liberation.
The show opens with a reception on April 10 from 5–8 PM. Admission is free.
Pharmaco/Liberation is a group exhibition curated by Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) Curatorial Practice MFA candidate Juan T. Garcia. Artists Jorge Bordello, Mae Howard, Holland Houdek, Lohitha Kethu, Jess Keyes, Ellie Krakow and René Treviño examine healthcare through clinical themes and medical materials directly—pills, implants, biometric feedback, and diagnostic imaging. Across the gallery, visitors encounter objects and images that treat the body not as a passive subject of medicine, but as an active site where questions of access, authority, and resistance play out in material terms.
The show opens with a reception on April 10 from 5–8 PM. Admission is free.
The exhibition features painting, textiles, sculpture, video, and sound by seven artists, with public programming in partnership with Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition and Alfred Lacks Carter Jr.
ARTISTS
Jorge Bordello—Tlaxcala
Mae Howard—New York
Holland Houdek—Rochester
Lohitha Kethu—Baltimore
Jess Keyes—Baltimore
Ellie Krakow—New York
René Treviño—Baltimore
ADDITIONAL PROGRAMMING
Friday, April 17 | 6:30 – 8:30 PMPatien(t/ce), Performance by Jess Keyes
Saturday, April 18 | 1:00 – 3:00 PMHarm Reduction & Wound Care Training, hosted by Baltimore Harm Reduction Coalition
Saturday, May 9 | 2:00 – 3:30 PMPanel Discussion: Alfred Lacks Carter Jr. with invited voices
Thursday, May 14 | 5:00 – 7:30 PMBromo ArtwalkHarm Reduction Training, hosted by Baltimore Harm Reduction CoalitionPatien(t/ce), Performance by Jess Keyes
Friday, May 29 | 5:00 – 8:00 PM Closing Reception, Catalogue Available
ABOUT THE CURATOR
Juan T. Garcia is a curator and educator working at the intersection of the health humanities and contemporary art. He holds a BS in Biomedical Sciences from the University of Alabama at Birmingham and is a candidate for an MFA in Curatorial Practice at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA); he also studies at Johns Hopkins University as a visiting student. Pharmaco/Liberation is presented as a culmination of Garcia’s inquiry into curation as tactical biopolitics, and as a potent means of intervening in the contemporary governance of life.
CONTACT
For inquiries, please contact Juan T. Garcia: pharmacoliberation@gmail.com
We cannot wait to gather with you.
EVENT ACCESSIBILITY:
MSB is on the ground level and the space is accessible by a ramp.
Bathrooms are wheelchair accessible and gender neutral
Masks encouraged
Kids are welcome
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