THE MANIFEST DREAM
Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Paintings

Curated by Virginia May

January 14 - March 5
CIIS Main Building, Third Floor

RECEPTION AND PRESENTATION
Friday, February 8 7pm - 9pm
Sponsored by the Transforative Studies and
Leadership Programs att CIIS

THE MANIFEST DREAM exhibition is designed to showcase the aethetics, cultural context and history of Aboriginal women artists whose complex politicaland ancestral roots are reflected in bold, yet mysterious images of "women's dreaming." Many of the artists in this exhibit have been internationally recognized with work in American, European and Australian collections.

VIRGINIA MAY, MFA, is an artist, curator and collector of contemporary Australian Aboriginal art. She graduated from Queensland Institute of Technology with an MA in Visual Art in 2005. It was at this time that she began viewing and collecting contemporary Aboriginal art, an art movement that began in the 1970's, with the introduction of modern acrylics and canvas to the remote outback areas of the Northern Terrritory in Australia. She is currently a doctoral student at CIIS, researching the transformative power of art.

Gallery Hours
CIIS MAIN BUILDING
1453 Mission St.
San Francisco CA 94103
Monday-Friday (except holidays), 9am - 6:30pm
Saturday-Sunday, 9am - 3pm