Jodi Connelly and Michael Pribich Opening Reception

The Ali Youssefi Project and Verge Center for the Arts are pleased to present two concurrent solo shows by the first Ali Youssefi Project (AYP) Artists in Residence: Before You Were This Place, You Were Another Place by Jodi Connelly and Backstitch by Michael Pribich.

Through the physicality of working directly with the land, Jodi Connelly explores the effects of human presence in the environment and how our migrations and activities have transformed it. Connelly’s interactions with the landscape are an attempt to create intimacy with a place and become part of its rhythms. Before You Were This Place, You Were Another Place explores the history and ecology of the land where Connelly reintroduced native plants to the site of the former mining town of Knoxville, CA, located on the McLaughlin reserve.