DrewBoy Creative will host it’s 2nd annual film festival July 13, 2019, 6 pm - 9 pm, at the Uptown Theatre and extends an invitation to all artists, filmmakers and videographers to submit their short films to share with the community!

Sponsors: Prohibition Glass, Gravis Law, Focal Point

Submissions are due by midnight, June 21, 2019.

DrewBoy Creative presents our first ever All-Women art show, July 12, 2019, 6 pm - 9 pm, Confluent. Come celebrate female artists in our community during at this juried show highlighting women of the TRI and their work.

Image: Paper Dolls, Bunneah Munkeah.

Sponsor: Numerica Credit Union

"Allow yourself to be placed in the shoes of the assailant, or much worse, in the shoes of the victim. The victim is protecting his/her face as if in the last moment before physical contact. It begs for mercy. It pleads with you to please stop.

I interviewed multiple members of the community with a history of domestic abuse. Their direction allowed me to create an anthropomorphic sculpture. As the sculptor this piece haunted me constantly due to the fact that I was the one generating these emotive responses from the sculpture.

There's a playful element to the physical exterior of this piece. The joyful innocence we all assume of our peers when we are young. Statistics show that an average of 24 instances of sexual/ physical abuse per minute. Almost as if taboo to speak of it. For this reason, this piece still haunts me. The interior of this figure remains empty. As described by an interviewee "You feel hopeless and empty on the inside. This is how you make it through the abuse." --Saul Martinez

Saul is raising money for the victims of physical abuse. To donate click below. In the “Additional Information” section enter “piñata”.

The piñata is on display through May at Confluent Space Tri-Cities.