Miller Theatre and The Wallach Art Gallery Present IN TRANSIT/ LIQUID HIGHWAY by Scherezade Garcia

The Brooklyn-based interdisciplinary artist Scherezade Garcia is transforming the Miller Theatre lobby into an all-encompassing work that will surround viewers with water-like drawings flowing through the space.

In Transit/Liquid Highway will be unveiled on September 15, 2015 at a reception from 5:00-7:00 p.m. The event will include a brief Creative Conversation with the artist, co-sponsored by the University's Arts Initiative.

This new work will explore migrants' willingness to face what Garcia calls "the liquid frontier," the wildly dangerous and unknown ocean that stands between them and a new life.

In Garcia's own words: "The land we inhabit is surrounded by water. My mural uses paint and silkscreened images of water. Entitled In Transit/Liquid Highway, its imagery alludes to the liquid route that migrants from all over the world must take to reach another land of opportunity on their journey."

Garcia's immersive large-scale work will be displayed throughout the 2015-16 season, greeting thousands of concertgoers as they arrive for performances over the course of the year.

This exhibit marks the third annual collaboration between Columbia's two major artistic presenting spaces, The Wallach Art Gallery and Miller Theatre. Garcia's mural succeeds the energizing and electrifying piece from Maya Hayuk's Chem Trails series that adorned the walls last season.

Deborah Cullen, Director and Chief Curator of the Wallach Art Gallery, adds: "I am extremely proud to have this opportunity to present Scherezade's work on campus. I first met Scherezade in the 1980s, shortly after her arrival in New York, at Robert Blackburn's Printmaking Workshop, and I have been following her work ever since. As the Dominican population has grown to be the largest Latino group in New York, it's become ever more important that we learn about the richness of this culture and the many, many active Dominican artists in the city."

Located on Broadway at 116th Street, the Miller Theatre lobby is open to the public Mondaythrough Friday, from 10am to 6pm, and beginning two hours before each scheduled performance.

Photo Courtesy of the Miller Theatre

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