Paula Wilson; (Detail): To Burn III. Relief and woodblock print, acrylic and oil on muslin and canvas. 59 1/2 x 31 1/4 x 1 1/2
Taos Abstract Artist Collective (TAAC) and the Southwest Black Arts Collective (SBAC) announce Haunting Space + Holding Legacy, an intermodal group exhibition opening August 1, 2026 at The Projects/Space in Tucson, Arizona and running through October 3. The show brings together thirteen artists, writers and creators from across the Southwest, curated by Béalleka Makau, bianca gabrielle goyette and Lauren Dana Smith.
The exhibition asks what we hold onto and what we release - the inheritances, hauntings and histories that shape us long after their origins fade. Drawing upon the word’s etymological roots in “to frequent” and “to bring home,” the show invites haunting not as something frightening but as a form of return: a preoccupation with what we were once part of, or still are. The works in the exhibition span grief, attachment, joyful remembrance, and excavation of self and environment – surfacing what’s been buried, intentionally or not.
Exhibition Dates:
August 1 - October 3, 2026
174 E Toole Ave, Tucson, AZ 85705
Opening Reception:
Sat. August 1, 6-8 pm
Gallery Hours and by appointment: 520-222-9405
Featured Artists
Alanna Airitam, Beedallo, Hakim Bellamy, Montanna Binder, Elizabeth Burden, Granville Carroll, Dora Dillistone, Dante Biss-Grayson, Julia Jameson, Rocío Rodriguez, Claire A. Warden, Paula Wilson and Caroline Yezer.
Elizabeth Burden, Six Generations: Beyond the Frame (#2). Archival digital print with frame, 30 x 39 inches
TAAC promotes abstract artists working in or near Taos, New Mexico, toward the exchange of ideas, new aesthetics and creative concepts. Taos is synonymous with abstract thinking, with origins in indigenous geometries, transcendental and modernist movements, and conceptual and land art installation. Once the nexus for westward bound artists, Taos unleashes expansive, abstract thinkers.
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