Fri 1/16 @ 5-8PM

Heights Arts kicks off the 2026 season in its main gallery with a show guaranteed to push back against the cold.

Consider Fires, curated by multimedia artist/educator Gina Washington, looks at the destructive and constructive powers of flame. “Fire consumes. Fire cleanses. Fire transforms,” says the show’s promotion. “It is destruction and renewal, warmth and warning, a flickering ember, and an unstoppable blaze. It is the flame of revolution, the heat of creation, the smoldering tension before ignition. It is both the light that guides and the force that devours. In this exhibition, we do not fear fire—we invoke it.”

The show includes pieces in a variety of mediums by artists Chester Hopkins-Bey, Tanya Kaiser, Kole Robinson Brooks, Yasmeen Kwan, Aja Joi Grant, James Negron, Jeanetta Ho, Mario Tripp, Ellis Walker, Falon Walker, McKinley Wiley, Lolita Wilson, and Leah Aki Wood. Most of them blend mediums, drawing on photography, ceramics, sculpture, installation, digital media, printmaking, fiber art and even painting!

The work of self-taught artist Josh Chefitz, exploring memory and reconstruction, will be featured in the Spotlight Gallery. His mixed media, collage-like work involves ink, gel and pen drawings on handmade paper which he cuts apart and layers.

 The shows open with a reception on Friday January 16, and will be on view through March 15. On Thursday February 19 @ 7pm, the gallery hosts its Ekphastacy evening, when the artists will join four local poets for an evening of poetry performance inspired by the works.

heightsarts.org/blog/consider-fires/