Blue Roof Events 2023
Arts at Blue Roof Movement Workshop
January-April 2023
Arts at Blue Roof hosted a series of dance movement workshops. These classes are designed to assist you in connecting with your bodies natural rhythm.
Creature Comforts
New Works, Brenda Gonzalez
May 6 - May 31, 2023
Creature Comforts by Brenda Gonzalez new work explores memory, the passage of time and the idea of home.
Scan Guard
Lucy Black
May 6 - May 31, 2023
Lucy Black has worked on new techniques to further distort and abstract her image. Since becoming Art’s at Blue Roof’s first Artist in Residence Satellite Artist Lucy now has the ability to experiment in new ways, interact with her equipment and print out her large scans anytime to further push boundaries of what’s possible.
Sacred Studio
Dominque Moody
August 5 - August 31, 2023
Sacred Studio, an installation that embodies her real-life experience of creating studio space in various locations and that of assembling objects found, gifted and salvaged.
In Community: Arts at Blue Roof at USC Fisher
April 2023
In Community: Arts at Blue Roof at USC Fisher brings together works of art that explore the complexities of our human experience, as well as the relief and support that community can offer.
The five 2021–2022 Arts at Blue Roof artists-in-residence—Carmen Mardónez, Connie Martin Trevino, Noni Olabisi, Dalia Palacios, and Robin Strayhorn investigate themes of gender, race, religion, and mental health.
For protection, with love
Alexandria Douziech
November 11th - December 13, 2023
For protection, with love explores a plant ritual preserved by Caribbean aunties for generations—passed down from woman to woman—and bestowed upon loved ones as a means of protection. This large-scale installation recalls how Alexandria’s Guyanese auntie would burn camphor resin (from the tree Cinnamonom camphora) over charcoal briquettes to protect “all them kids” from “the evil eye.” As visitors walk inside a blackened hexagonal greenhouse, they're surrounded by charcoal covered walls lined with camphor branches. The medicinal and earthy scent of camphor fills the air as viewers hear a recording of Alexandria sharing stories of how her family has used this tree to defend, heal, and bless.Originating in India and East Asia, the ritual of burning camphor came to the Caribbean with enslaved and indentured laborers—further shaped by Indigenous, Vodou, and Obeah traditions. Whether or not one believes in “evil” or a plant’s ability to ward it off, Alexandria views this continued practice as an incredible act of love, resiliency, and defiance that’s survived the colonial whitewashing of plants and culture.
HOME GOODS
Sarah Gail
September 2023
Step into the sublime world of Sarah Gail. A world where you stop to smell the flowers, walk barefoot in the grass, and where the beauty of life is sought out every single day. No matter what medium Sarah Gail wields, their work is imbued with a sense of mysticism, and playfulness that signifies the artist’s reality.
This show features a colorful array of ceramics as well as a breathtaking acrylic painting that highlight the artist's whimsical, spiritual, and carefree view of the world. The majority of pieces employ varying handbuilding techniques, and can be used in your daily life. These pieces were created in an effort to instill beauty, and joy in the mundane aspects of people’s lives.