Art can represent many things; capture the full range of a given moment and a period of years. The photojournalist captures the action in an instant, freezing time in the middle of kinetic events, expressing the complexity of current affairs and turning them into the historical records. The painter captures the deeper currents of life, illuminating the grace and compassion of nature, as we see in the work of Ewa Perz, or finding truth through imagination and whimsy in the work of Carlos Gamez de Francisco.

During the last few years, Jon Cherry, who here curates a selection of photographs from the Metro Communications Office and offers some of his own work covering the social justice protests that changed life in Louisville two years ago, has quickly become a noted photojournalist whose work has been featured in national publications, while Gamez de Francisco and Perz both emigrated to the United States, finding critical and popular success, flourishing as artists while living in Louisville.

Economic development and growth in the arts and education sectors are positive qualities of the last eight years in Louisville, yet the immense challenges of a global pandemic and a passionate and deeply committed national social justice movement in the wake of the death of Breonna Taylor, George Floyd, and many others dominated the hearts and minds of the community for the last two years, a catalyst for change, awakening, and, hopefully, enlightenment. - Keith Waits

Artists: Carlos Gamez de Francisco, Ewa Perz, Jon Cherry, Destiny Jackson, Metro Communications

Includes The Polaroid Project: Building Equal Bridges - The Tyler Gerth Foundation in partnership with the Louisville Urban League

Curated by Keith Waits and Jon Cherry