Now On View

as i lay changing

Curated by folaṣade
2024-25 Emerging Curators Institute Fellow

Close up image of a pencil drawing of an arm with hand reaching upward, wrapped tightly in fabric. Artwork by Qamar Yochanan’s Sam-arain QS, 2025

Close up image of a pencil drawing of an arm with hand reaching upward, wrapped tightly in fabric. Artwork by Qamar Yochanan’s Sam-arain QS, 2025

At Fresh Eye Gallery
January 23rd - February 8, 2026
Presented by Yearly Emerging Practices

Yearly Emerging Practices (YEP) - the newest evolution of Emerging Curators Institute (ECI) - will present the curatorial vision of 2024-25 Fellow folaṣade, at Fresh Eye Gallery, as part of YEP’s Re-Frame Series.

as i lay changing is an intuitive exhibition featuring Twin Cities based artists Qamar Yochanan, Paige Oyaleke, and BakiBakiBaki that speculates on the journey of Black Trans ancestors who lived in or passed through the upper Mississippi River Valley prior to the 1950s; invoking questions including: Who do we carry with us? Who guides us? Who receives and sends us off? Who keeps us safe on our journeys?