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An opening reception for “Higher Ground: An Exhibition of Art, Ephemera, and Form” is set from 6-8 p.m. Friday in the MASC lobby, Terrell Library ground floor. ....
June T. Sanders As new art is unveiled across the city for November’s First Friday showcase, Palouse-based photographer June T. Sanders’ work is on display at Entropy’s mezzanine gallery in downtown Spokane. The artist’s black-and-white photos of fellow queer and trans subjects are intended to provoke thoughtful reflection in viewers while highlighting both the beauty and complexity of navigating life in a world where hate and bigotry deeply permeate. As a queer artist based in a rural small town, Sanders places her subjects in tranquil, idyllic settings which often seem almost surreal: a dusty back road, overgrown tangles of vegetation, overlooking rolling, pillowy grain fields. The result is at once nostalgic and modern, a blending of past and present as if to say, “we have always been, and will always be, here.” ....