High as the sky

 August 20-21, 2022
Great Hall/Long Hall, West Hollywood

 
 
 

High as the Sky was a 2-day group art exhibition and performance platform curated by Greg Jenkins that took place at Great Hall in West Hollywood. Over 350 guests attended and the show was recognized as one of the weekend’s top art openings by critic Shana Nys Dambrot in LA Weekly. High as the Sky was supported in part by an arts grant from the City of West Hollywood, and benefitted The Trevor Project, a WeHo-based LGBTQ mental health charity.

 
 

Video Recap


Great Hall
Installation View

 
 
 
 

Long Hall & Courtyard
Installation View

 
 
 

 

Music & Peformance Program

 
 
 

 

Short Film Anthology

 
 
 

On the occasion of High as the Sky, NAF commissioned five filmmakers to produce work for a short film anthology series. Watch all the films here.

 
 

 

Zine

 
 
 

To accompany the exhibit, NAF published a limited-edition zine in collaboration with the artists. It was subsequently archived at the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive (LACA).

 
 

 

Press Coverage

 
 
 

Covered by LA Weekly, Terremoto Magazine, Curate LA, ForYourArt, WeHo Times, WeHoville, Beverly Press, Broadway World, Art Rabbit, Art Week, SCV News, CalArts 24700, and more.

 
 

 

High as the Sky
Credits


Rodrigo Arruda
Joachim Castaneda
Siena Foster-Soltis
Kristofor Giordano
Elizabeth Herring
Leila Jarman
Antonio Okun
Minga Opazo
Yana Pan
Stephanie Quirola
Gert Resinger
Hal Roeser
Anny Wass
Yanbin Zhao

Curated by Greg Jenkins
Produced by Armand Brescia

 

 

Performance Program
Siena Foster-Soltis
Rodrigo Arruda
Sadie White

 

 

Beneficiary

 
 
 

Supported in part by an arts grant from the City of West Hollywood

 
 
 

Additional Partners

 
 

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