Join us for the closing of "Gardens" with an improv vocal performances in Rachid Bouhamidi's Teahouse from Nora Keyes, and a performance from Night Tongue. Music starts at 9pm LAST Projects is proud to present "Gardens:A Group Show" curated by Rachid Bouhamidi with works by 20 artists opening Friday, May 3rd. The garden is conceived of as a place of sanctuary, refuge, isolation, and as a place where emotions and identities are cultivated. It is both a literal environment and a metaphor of the human psyche. Vegetation, soil, organic matter, botanical motifs and patterns, the cycles of flower and fruit, and the waxing and waning of seasons, all become surrogates for aspects of yearning for tranquility, freedom, sexual adventure, and spiritual totality. Gardens are thus transformed in to mirrors of the desires, struggles, and transformations of those who inhabit them. This exhibition interprets the garden in its variegated metaphorical and literal aspects, through a group of artists who use various mediums to explore this realm from tactile to conceptual forms. Organized by Rachid Bouhamidi and co-conceptualized by Arshia Haq. Participating artists include: Liv Aanrud Nevena Binney Jules de Balincourt Rachid Bouhamidi Keenan Derby Sarita Dougherty Patrick Donovan Amir H. Fallah Daniel Gibson Josh Hagler Chris Johanson Nilay Lawson Jasmine Little Manuel Lopez Rob Monforte Colin Roberts Maja Ruznic Forouzan Safari Jovi Schnell Liz Walsh