Meri Leon Hernandez

GET OUT OF JAIL FREE: A Visual Aid exhibition

1800 Market Street, San Francisco, CA

"The theme "Get Out of Jail Free" came about because it began appearing
in works of art by various artists in recent years," said Julie
Blankenship, Executive Director of Visual Aid. The Get Out of Jail Free card
is traditionally used in the game "Monopoly." A lucky player draws the
card which functions as a pass, used to instantly extricate him or her
from dire circumstances. In this exhibition, the title references
how--in our darkest hour--we may begin to rely on magical thinking to try
and shield ourselves from trouble. We might wish for a charm or envision
a threshold we can step through to a parallel universe without illness
or homophobia, racist wars or environmental degradation.

This is Visual Aid's first exhibition to include work by artists from
the larger community. The show will consist of numerous, perhaps
hundreds of small works. Both Visual Aid artists, and artists & friends from
the larger community are welcome to submit work for the exhibition.
Please feel free to pass this invitation on to friends.

This exhibition will feature 100+ small digital prints, photographs,
collages, paintings, drawings, prints, mixed media works and sculpture
from the Visual Aid community and supporters. Artists whose work will be
featured in the exhibition include Don Anderson, Andrea Antonaccio,
NicoleBest, Deanna L. Beye, Travis Clarke, Rob Costin, Susanne Deising,
Angelo Di Pietrantonio, Joshua Field, Jana Grover, Art Hazelwood, Meri
Leon Hernandez, Phillip Hua, Mary Isham, David Jones, Donna Lewis Jones,
Nashay Antionette Jones, Peter Max Lawrence, Donna Lewis Jones, Scott
MacLeod, Aspen Mays, Dato Mio, Ashley Munro, Kader Muzaqi, Ellis
Oyekola, Manisha Patel, Pam Peniston, Brad Polzin, Nicole Repack aka Jocelyn
Superstar, Caroline Seckinger, Katie Sehr, Manu Mandeep Singh, Jeffrey
E. Spencer, Cara Statucki, Ilona Sturm, Linda Trunzo, Eddie Valentine,
Steve Wanzell, Jessica Whiteside, Ginny Wilson, Renee Winick, James A.
Winters, anonymous prisoners working on the Campaign to End the Death
Penalty, and many more.