gallupARTS is pleased to present Other Visions, at ART123 Gallery, running from January 10 – February 7. Other Visions part of gallupARTS’ Social Justice Guest Curator Program. Guest Curators Cherille Williams, Scott Williams and Rachel Brown are bringing together fourteen Gallup area artists to exhibit work addressing the ways that our perceived differences divide us into categories of “others.” It is the first of two Social Justice Guest Curator shows planned for 2026.

Other Visions featured artists are (in alphabetical order):

  • Jerry Brown
  • Rachel Brown
  • Collestipher Chatto
  • Christopher Davis
  • Kim Esparza
  • Kristy Lynn Harbour
  • Finn Kuna
  • Cienna “Cruz” Mellon
  • Gabrielle Myers
  • Virginia Primozic
  • Cherille Williams
  • Scott Williams
  • Justin Yadi
  • Aaron Yazzie

“gallupARTS is pleased to be entering the fifth year of its Social Justice Guest Curator Program, which has brought a diversity of perspectives on a variety of issues into local public discussion,” says gallupARTS Executive Director Rose Eason. “Other Visions is a timely exhibition that will bring our community closer together.”

“Everyone you meet has a story within them that you haven’t heard, knows something that you don’t know, and has seen something you haven’t seen. Cherille, Scott, and I want to encourage everyone that comes to see Other Visions to approach each artist’s work with curiosity about what visions and experiences someone different than them has to share,” says co-curator Rachel Brown.

Cherille and Scott Williams add, “Art helps us understand what makes us human. It shows our differences and gives us new perspectives. Step into a world where you can explore these unique qualities. Other Visions provides a platform for artists to express their feelings of otherness in today’s society. The show is meant to connect different visions in a shared community space. We hope to give the viewer a first-hand look into the artist’s mind through their art.”

“My art shows my point as a mixed person of color, my strength from what sets apart, transforming the burdens placed upon us,” says mixed media artist Christopher Davis. He adds, “Art shares bridges of empowerment and defiance…against all norms that divide the differences of communities.”

Gabrielle Myers says of her work, People, “The piece is a representation of connectedness through the innate human nature to nurture. Diversity and collaboration between one another is what creates change and unity. The differences practiced between people/society is a man-made construct and is subjective.”

The Show Opening will be on Saturday, January 10, from 4 -6pm.

An Arist Talk at ART123 Gallery (123 W. Coal Ave. in Gallup), will be on Friday, January 16, at 6pm.

ART123 Gallery is open Tuesdays to Fridays from 2 – 6pm, and Saturdays from 12 – 6pm.