Collaboration is defined as the process where two or more people work together in an intersection of common goals by sharing knowledge, learning, and building consensus. In the spirit of collaboration, Central City Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program and Gallery 146 are pleased to invite you to the exhibition entitled My Other Half.

“It seems inevitable that from a collective of artists that commune together frequently, we would witness spontaneous and enlightening results,” said Ivan Vera, CAP Program Manager. “Some collaborations were borne from one artist demonstrating the potential of one technique incorporated into a different media and some out of mutual admiration for one another’s work.” After witnessing the potential exemplified in just a few works, Hospitality House decided to further elaborate on the theme by setting the boundaries for the exercise that became this exhibition.

“When it comes to a successful collaboration, both sides seek to enhance the final outcome by merging sensibilities into one triumphant combination of ideas,” Vera explains. “Realizing the concept of negotiating and merging ideas is akin to the compromise involved in a successful partnership is insinuated in the exhibition’s title.”

The final collaborations will be flanked by and linked to one individual work from its contributors to illustrate their stylistic sources. Since some participants will be taking part in multiple collaborations, and since the pieces are being linked to one another, the gallery will present an interesting visual mapping of where the stylistic offerings of this community intersect one another.

The exhibition will be on view from March 5 through May 5, 2010. There will be an artist reception Friday, March 19^th from 5 to 7 PM.

Gallery 146 promotes artists from the Community Arts Program at Central City Hospitality House, a free-of-charge fine arts studio in the Tenderloin.

Gallery 146 is located at 146 Leavenworth (Golden Gate/Turk) San Francisco, CA 94102

Gallery hours are: M, W, F: 1-6 PM / Tu, Thu: 10-3 PM and also by appointment.