Matriarchy
a satellite show at Stage West, featuring work by Marianne Lettieri & Demarcus McGaughey
May 27 thru Sept 11, 2022
We have partnered with Stage West Theater to present a satellite exhibition Matriarchy, which coincides with the Kinfolk’s summer project Congregate.
Matriarchy explores themes related to both Kinfolk’s summer project—community, culture, and isolation—and Stage West’s production Into the Breeches!—the strength of female communities. We invited artists to submit their art to be considered for the exhibition and selected works by Marianne Lettieri and Demarcus McGaughey.
Featured Artists:
Marianne Lettieri holds an MFA in Spatial Arts from San Jose State University and a BFA in Drawing and Printmaking from the University of Florida. She has had solo exhibitions at Arts Fort Worth (Fort Worth, TX), the Museum of Quilts and Textiles (San Jose, CA), the Museum of Craft and Design (San Francisco, CA), Facebook Headquarters (Menlo Park, CA), and Doug Adams Gallery of the Badè Archaeology Museum (Berkeley, CA).
Her work has been featured in numerous books and art journals, including Placemaking and the Arts by Jennifer Allen Craft, Art-Making Collections & Obsessions by Lynne Perrella, Image Journal, and SEEN Journal. Her work is in the collections of Oracle Corporation, the Museum of Quilts and Textiles, Hope University College in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and Centre for Adult Education in Melbourne, Australia.
She has been awarded artist residencies from Rensing Center (Pickens, SC), Art for Change (New Delhi, India), Center for Arts and Religion Education (Berkeley, CA), and Cubberley Artist Studio Program (Palo Alto, CA). In 2017 SVCreates recognized her with an Artist Laureate Award for achievement in the arts and contribution to the cultural life of Silicon Valley.
Demarcus McGaughey holds a BA in Advertising Art from Prairie View A&M University. Throughout his twenty year career, McGaughey has worked with prestigious brands and organizations, including Beyoncé Knowles Carter and beverage giant Dr. Pepper.
His work has been highlighted in numerous magazines and galleries stateside in New York and Texas, and globally in Spain. He has completed art residencies with Mas el siglos in Barcelona, Nfinit Foundation Arts Residency in Brooklyn, Art Crawl Harlem in New York and Chateau Orquevaux in France.