This Summer, Crosstown Arts invites visitors into a set of exhibitions that feel both deeply personal and broadly reflective of the world around us. Spread across the East Gallery, West Gallery, and additional screening and project spaces.

Free & open to the public: Tuesday–Friday, 11 am – 8 pm; Saturday & Sunday 12 pm – 6 pm

Featuring:

In Big Life, Long Life, Barbara Penn draws from literary, poetic, and everyday sources to explore the space between the personal and the political. Working with painting, drawing, text, and collage, Penn examines the relationship between “the maternal and culture,” creating layered images that emerge through associative thinking, ironic connections, and bold yet subtle applications of paint.

George Edward Walker’s A Snippet of God’s Unsung Children’s Journey is a powerful visual statement on resilience, brilliance, and strength. Through drawings inspired by the enduring spirit of people who persevered through dehumanizing and brutal treatment, Walker reflects on dignity, survival, and the determination to be free. The exhibition stands as a tribute to “our brave Women and Men” and the resilience that continues to prevail.

In Chromesthesia: A Piano Triptych, Grammy-nominated pianist and composer Romain Collin, in collaboration with filmmaker Matthew Palmer, transforms sound into image through a deeply personal exploration of synesthesia. Inspired by his solo piano trilogy DUST, LIVE, and AURA, the multimedia exhibition invites viewers into an internal landscape where sounds become shapes, textures, and vivid color. By placing music in dialogue with cinema and visual art, Chromesthesia creates a space to breathe, recollect, and dream a little.