Detail from Amanda Mollindo’s piece, “A Good Catholic Family,” on display now at Vision Gallery.

Family: a six-letter word that can spark happiness or dread in a person’s heart.

Familial ties are tenuous and complicated, and every family unit looks different. Some family relationships are merely blood connections, while others are deep bonds built on decades of love and mutual support. Complicating the family dynamic further, each of us has to navigate how we will carry our family’s history and the traditions we inherit from our ancestors. How we grow up and who we are surrounded by as we mature play major parts in how we navigate the world as adults.

Ties that Bind examines the drama, trauma and joy that familial relationships bring to our lives.

Exhibiting Artists:

Heidi Dauphin, Amanda Mollindo, Karen Nazario Moranchel, Jisun Myung, Lindsey Rothrock, Sallie Scheufler, Benjamin Selby and Philip Gabriel Steverson

Opening Reception

Friday, January 19, 6 – 8pm