City of Reno City Hall
Metro Gallery
July 21- September 12, 2025

Reception: Thursday, August 14th from 5pm-7pm

Your Skin is a Kaleidoscope invites local Black, Indigenous, and Artists of Color to reflect on the breadth of their stories and experiences, whether lived or ancestral, beautiful or painful, and respond to the idea with a piece of art that communicates insights and perspectives that arise from this introspection “Our skin carries the scars and bruises of our past. But, our skin is abundant. It has the
power to regenerate and repair old wounds. People often mistake our skin for being monotone, different shades of one color. But, if you pay enough attention, you’ll see how the light dances and refracts off our skin, like radiant blessings from our ancestors. And if
you look closely, for every red, violet, blue, green, or yellow hue, there is a breadth of stories, histories, and lessons transmuted from the past to help us create brighter tomorrows.”

“Of the Sol” is a collective of Black, Indigenous, and Artists of Color cultivating an intersectional space for all BIPOC artists. The goal of the collective is to foster autonomy, representation, inclusivity, equity, and accessibility for BIPOC artists. It’s a space of reclamation and revival, and we work towards collective action through the media of art.