agosto 19, 2026, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm,
Instructor: TBA
Age & Skill Level:
Location: PVA Porter Building, 280 Main Street
Body Marking: art, ritual & story
Curator: Roberta Valdez
Juried by: Mary Altier (Photographer), Abraham Garduño (Freedom Tattoo) & Roberta Valdez
Exhibit Dates: August 4 – September 19, 2026
Reception: Saturday, August 8, 2026 | 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Body Marking: art, ritual & story invites audiences to explore the timeless and global practice of marking the body as a form of personal expression, cultural identity, and sacred ritual. This exhibit brings together the work of tattoo artists, painters, photographers, ceramicists, and other creatives whose work is inspired by the practice of body mark ing. This exhibit becomes a space for reflection, dialogue, and celebration of the universal human desire to inscribe meaning onto the body.
Reception: Saturday, August 8, 2026 |1:00pm – 3:00pm
Friday, August 14, | 6:30pm – 8:00pm
Film: Tattoo Uprising | A film by Alan Govenar featuring Ed Hardy
Saturday, August 15, | 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Tattoo hiSTORIES | Daat Kraus, Jonah Levin, Britton McFetridge
Saturday, August 22 | 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Women and Body Marking | Sarah Rafferty, Marlo Kaleookalani Lualemana
Saturday, August 29 | 1:00pm – 3:00pm
Photographing Marked Bodies | Mary Altier, Mark Overgaard, Brenda Leach
Saturday, September 12 | 1:00pm -3:00pm
The Henna Artist (Trilogy) | Author Talk: Alka Joshi