Casey Droege Cultural Productions partnered with the Wilkinsburg Community Development Corportation (WCDC) for a series of exhibitions at the WCDC’s Lohr Gallery. These exhibitions are organized in collaboration with WCDC for their Art All Over program. Selected artists, with a connection to the borough of Wilkinsburg, hold solo shows of their current work. In addition to the exhibits, each artist is able to host an artist talk, workshop, or reception to invite the public to engage more. The exhibits are always free and open to the public.
CDCP x The Future is Black x WCDC Present: Vania Evangelique
Opening reception: Saturday, July 25, 2026, 12-3 PM
On view: July 25, 2026 - October 17, 2026
Gallery hours: Every other Saturday 12-5 PM
CDCP, The Future is Black, and WCDC are thrilled to kick off the 2026-2027 season of Art All Over with a solo exhibition by artist Vania Evangelique. We’re excited to partner with The Future is Black for this upcoming season and are looking forward to the future of this program under their vision and leadership.
Light and language; what it illuminates and what it does not is the means in which I position my subjects, capturing an experience lived in a moment. I do this through the mediums of photography and writing where I purposefully seek out still moments that are found in nature, the environments in which I am placed, and the intimacy of my own home. And by doing so the mundane, transitional, and stretching processes of life are able to be fully expressed. The pursuit of still moments was born out of my upbring in Brooklyn, NY and the stark contrast of my later youth in Bethlehem, PA. I spent time analyzing and digesting the difference of feeling between grass and hot concrete on my feet, the smell of pollen versus car exhaust, the subtly of voices amongst the city to the insects singing to the evening night, and how looking into the night sky lent itself to city lights versus the vastness of the stars. This dichotomic rhythm of existing was one that required me to be attentive to environments that were transforming outwardly and inwardly. It’s in this noticing that I have become more present to the current moment where I now use place as an anchor, bringing with it an awareness of space. Both my photography and writing takes on a narrative approach that is often emotionally expository, revealing itself my deeper thoughts, feelings and observations of the world that I encounter. No matter the medium, my intention is to present an invitation to pay closer attention to the world we occupy; and create within it a space to appreciate the beauty found in the unlikely of places.
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