Featuring works from Chelsea Odufu, Laurena Finéus, Jarrett Key, and more, the show challenges how we encounter personal histories and collective memory.

The Shed welcomes a new cohort of artists with bold ideas about “Open Call: Portals” this summer. Its fourth open-call exhibition opens this month. Established in 2019, the arts and performance venue has become a cultural hotspot. The Shed sits at a portal itself, not far from the Lincoln Tunnel, with access to several subway lines. It’s a location presenting captive audiences who might not trek towards complex art otherwise.

“Portals” was curated by Dejá Belardo, Assistant Curator, Civic Programs and Visual Arts. Belardo identifies as a “human-first” curator. “We’re putting money in artists’ hands,” she said with a smile. “We’re looking at the way that artists are able to create this third space, to work through different narratives of migration, colonialism, [and] spirituality.”

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