Examples from the Tide/Tied exhibit

2021 Exhibits

Higgins Art Gallery

At Cape Cod Community College

Selected works from the Tide/Tied exhibit

Art Faculty & Guests

Tide/Tied

November 6, 2021–February 8, 2022

This visual multi-media group exhibition aims at creating bridges between communities by telling true stories.

Participating Artists: Sean Cassidy ● Brooke Mullins Doherty ● Nathalie Ferrier ● Claudia Smith-Jacobs ● Alyssa Laurel Ringler ● Sara David Ringler ● Vicky Tomayko ● Bert Yarborough

Image: Are We Still Fighting The Civil War?, by Claudia Smith-Jacobs

Photo Gallery

Slavery, The Genesis, oil, by Claudia Smith-Jacobs

Generations, mixed media (not for sale), by Claudia Smith-Jacobs

Remember Our Names (Sandra Bland), oil, by Claudia Smith-Jacobs

Gyotaku Fish Prints, on Japanese rice paper, and Cyanotype Fish Print, by Alyssa Laurel Ringler

Artwork by Vicky Tomayko (clockwise): Detroit I Love You; Helicopter; Listening to Birds; Rain or Tears.

Artwork by Vicky Tomayko: Rebirth of a City; April Aquarium – Belle Isle; No More Whining – Rainbow Project; Purple Cloud Somewhere Near the DIA.

April Aquarium - Belle Isle, 2014, monoprint with lithography, 11x13 inches, $1000, by Vicky Tomayko

Detroit, I Love You, 2014, monoprint with lithography, 11x15 inches, $1000, by Vicky Tomayko.

Rain or Tears, 2014, monoprint with lithography, 15x11 inches, $1000, by Vicky Tomayko

Left: Are We Still Fighting The Civil War?, mixed media, by Claudia Smith-Jacobs. Four oil portraits (clockwise): Frederick Douglass, Maya Angelou, Muhammad Ali, and Rosa Parks, by Sean Cassidy.

Sail The Ship Close To Its Hope, mixed-media installation, by Nathalie Ferrier.

Sail The Ship Close To Its Hope (detail), mixed-media installation, by Nathalie Ferrier

Sail The Ship Close To Its Hope (closeup), mixed-media installation, by Nathalie Ferrier

Sail The Ship Close To Its Hope (details), mixed-media installation, by Nathalie Ferrier

Whale Song, mixed media construction; Interface, book, by Sara David Ringler.

Whale Song, mixed media construction; Interface, book, by Sara David Ringler.

Captain's Log, only 400 left, transfer drawing and trace monotype (original print), by Sara David Ringler.

Harvest Moon, wet cyanotype with seaweed, 2021, by Sara David Ringler.

Wrack Line, wet cyanaotype, tumeric and salt, 2021, by Sara David Ringler.

Planning, acrylic, ink and watercolor on tiled black line architectural plans, 64"x43", 2020, by Bert Yarborough.

Works by Bert Yarborough: Star Trail; Racket Head; Relic – 1; Snake Path; Relic – 2; Lamidi’s Dream; Two Headed Snake.

Star Trail, acrylic and ink on paper over reed and wood, 50"x11", 1990; Racket Head, acrylic and ink on paper over reed and wood, 29"x12", 1990, by Bert Yarborough.

Relic 1, Snakepath, Relic 2, Lamidi's Dream, by Bert Yarborough

Left: Mixed media installation, by Brooke Mullins Doherty. Right: Generations, mixed media, by Claudia Smith-Jacobs.

Video Library

Artwork by Sara David Ringler, part of the Tide/Tied exhibit

Watch a video tour of the exhibit and discussions with some of the participating artists.

Drumming demonstration in the Grossman Commons

Tide/Tied: Cultural Reclamation Project – Part One

Visitors to the Higgins Art Gallery pointing to artwork

Tide/Tied: Cultural Reclamation Project – Part Two