The OMG We Are All in This Together art show at GALA Center Gallery, 1060 Palm, San Luis Obispo, has been held over until Jan. 21, the day after inauguration of the president-elect. This art show is quite popular, with more than 200 people coming through the gallery on Nov. 4, during the last Art After Dark event for 2016.
If you missed the show people are continuing to visit during the weekdays, with the center open from 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. The current art show is rather like a memorial for people who are LGBT as well as people who are concerned about how America may change for the worse.
The GALA Center is a well-established meeting place for progressive people, people who are marginalized, and people who are under-represented in society. At some point, in the past eight years, many thought we were struggling for relevance, after all the LGBT population had finally gained equal rights. Now with hate and bigotry on the rise, and shadows of the civil rights movement returning, our purpose has certainly returned. The day after the national election the GALA board wrote a letter to our members and supporters. You can find that letter on the website galacc.org.
This article appears in Dec 1-8, 2016.
