Reaching Down, Rising Up National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Art Show PCAF Gallery 3009 S 40th St, Tacoma, WA 98409 February, 2019 Seven local black artists contribute to the powerful exhibition, Reaching Down, Rising Up, which commemorates National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness at the PCAF gallery during the month of February. The artwork recognizes and celebrates beauty, deep empathy, and provocation, and showcases sculpture, mixed media, and paintings. Themes cover awakening and healing, the thread of human experience, and the nuances of representation and identity. Each piece communicates humanity in a narrative that connects us all. Local emerging and established artists include Adika Bell, Monvelia T. Blair, Tiffanny Hammond, Aisha Harrison, Barry Johnson, Robin Annette Jordan, and Chardanae Odegard. Show runs through February 28, 2019. Hours of the gallery are M, T, Th, and F from 9 - 5 pm. Wednesday from 11 - 5 pm. Contact is jill a frey. 253-383-2565. All are welcome. ENDING THE HIV EPIDEMIC IN THE SOUTH SOUND jill a frey, MA (pronouns: she/her/hers) Personnel and Administrative Coordinator Tacoma (253) 383-2565 3009 S. 40th St., Tacoma WA 98409 Olympia (360) 352-2375 2101 4th Ave. E. #103, Olympia WA 98506 “It is art that makes life, makes interest, makes importance...and I know of no substitute whatever for the force and beauty of its process.” Henry James [image: tagline.JPG] *www.pcaf-wa.org <http://www.pcaf-wa.org>* **CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE** This email message, including any attachments, is for the sole use of the intended recipient(s) and may contain confidential, proprietary, and/or privileged information protected by law. If you are not the intended recipient, you may not use, copy, or distribute this email message or its attachments. If you believe you have received this email message in error, please contact the sender by reply email and destroy all copies of the original message.