YEAY YAI: an ode to grandmothers

Providence City Hall
October 17, 2024 – January 13, 2025
Opening Reception: October 17, 4:30-7PM
Artist Panel (moderated by Kaoru Pagenelli, Associate Director of International Students at Bryant University): December 5th, 6-8PM

Kannetha Brown and Tarik Bartel explore memory and resilience through photographs of their Southeast Asian grandmothers and their homes. Kannetha’s Cambodian grandmother (‘yeay’), and Tarik’s Thai grandmother (‘yai’), share similar journeys as women who navigated the complexities of separation, abuse, and the search for identity amidst displacement following the Vietnam War and the Cambodian Genocide. Together, they weave vibrant histories of love and survival, revealing how the echoes of their grandmothers resonate today. This project was made possible in part through support from the Interlace Grant Fund, a regranting partner of The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts.

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