Please join PSG for this special event, as we welcome author, and arts writer Shana Nys Dambrot, In Conversation with Pilar Agűero-Esparza, Amalia Galdona Broche, J. John Priola, and Dina Abdulkarim. We encourage everyone to join us in the gallery for the talk, however the event will also be available on Instagram Live, @patriciasweetowgallery, for those unable to attend.
The artists in the exhibition present stunning metaphoric memoirs that delve into their recollections of home, heritage, loss, and beauty.
Shana Nys Dambrot is an art critic, curator, and author based in Downtown Los Angeles. A contributor to the Village Voice, Flaunt, Artillery, and other culture publications, she was the Arts Editor at LA Weekly until 2024. She studied Art History at Vassar College, writes book and catalog essays, curates and juries exhibitions, is a dedicated Instagram photographer, and is the author of the experimental novella Zen Psychosis (2020, Griffith Moon). She speaks at galleries, schools, and cultural institutions nationally, and is a recipient of the Rabkin Foundation Art Writing Prize (2022), the MOZAIK Future Art Writers Grant (2022 & 2024), and the LA Press Club National Arts & Entertainment Journalism Critic of the Year Award (2022).