Sasha Dela: Let Love Flow opening reception November 20, 2008

WOMEN & THEIR WORK
presents
Let Love Flow
New video installations by Sasha Dela
On view at Women & Their Work
1710 Lavaca, Austin, TX. 78701
November 20, 2008 – January 10, 2009
Opening Reception: November 20, 6-8 pm

Here in Austin, it’s no secret that we cherish our beloved green spaces, springs and swimming holes. Our water—the water in Lady Bird Lake, in the Greenbelt and especially our prized Barton Springs—is lovingly woven into the city’s cultural fabric as an emblem that makes us unique. But water’s exalted place in our hearts also earns it a spot as a top commodity and branding tool. What are the cultural ramifications when ecology intersects with the marketplace? What are the issues surrounding the mass romanticization and consumption of a finite resource? Houston-based artist Sasha Dela explores these question and more in Let Love Flow, new video and sculpture installations that cleverly examine the things we hold dear—and the complex issues surrounding the cultural, economic, and geographic landscape of Austin.

Born in Atlanta, Sasha Dela now resides and works in Houston. She received her MFA from California College of the Arts in 2005 and her BFA in painting from the Minneapolis College of Art and Design in 2000. In 2000 Dela participated in the Florence Honors Program at the Accademia Di Belle Arte (Florence, Italy). She has completed residencies at the Santa Fe Art Institute in 2003 and at the The Core Program at the Glassel School of Art in 2006. Her work has been exhibited throughout the United States.

About Women & Their Work:
Known for its pioneering spirit, embrace of artistic innovation, and commitment to Texas audiences and artists, Women & Their Work is now celebrating its 30th anniversary. It presents over 50 events a year in visual art, dance, theater, music, literature, and film. The gallery features on-going exhibitions of Texas women artists and brings artists of national stature to Texas audiences. Nationally recognized, Women & Their Work has been featured in Art in America, ArtForum, and on National Public Radio, and was the first organization in Texas to receive a grant in visual art from the National Endowment for the Arts. Women & Their Work is supported by individual contributors with additional support provided by 3M Company, Andy Warhol Foundation, Alice Kleberg Reynolds Foundation, Applied Materials, BAH! Design, City of Austin, GYST Ink., H-E-B, Still Water Foundation. This project is funded and supported in part by the City of Austin through the Cultural Arts Division and by a grant from the Texas Commission on the Arts and an award from the National Endowment for the Arts, which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

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