Current Exhibition
Secret Family
Artist: Mary Defer
January 3rd - March 14th
Opening night: January 3rd 6p - 8p
Closing: March 15th, 2025
Artist Talk: February 7th, 6:30p
Secret Family is a project that uses the discovery of a family secret as a springboard to explore social
censorship, the region of Appalachia, and the “slow violence” (to borrow the term coined by scholar Rob
Nixon) of generational trauma. These themes are expressed through experimental burned negative
images, cyanotypes on fabric, and a stop-motion Super 8 short film.
Secret Family is supported by the Urgent Art Fund administered by SPACES and supported by
residents of Cuyahoga County and Assembly for the Arts through a public grant from Cuyahoga
Arts & Culture.
Closing: March 15th, 2025
Artist Talk: February 7th, 6:30p
Secret Family is a project that uses the discovery of a family secret as a springboard to explore social
censorship, the region of Appalachia, and the “slow violence” (to borrow the term coined by scholar Rob
Nixon) of generational trauma. These themes are expressed through experimental burned negative
images, cyanotypes on fabric, and a stop-motion Super 8 short film.
Secret Family is supported by the Urgent Art Fund administered by SPACES and supported by
residents of Cuyahoga County and Assembly for the Arts through a public grant from Cuyahoga
Arts & Culture.
