EXHIBIT: Medialia Gallery & The Ethyr Presents: Aim, Destroy, Transform: Play for Change Toy Show :: November 2017 :: NYC

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Medialia Gallery and The Ethyr presents:

Space I: AIM, DESTROY, TRANSFORM: Play For Change: A group show of toys, games and figures

Artists: Nelson Asencio | Emily Bee | Selina Briggs | Brumsic Brandon Jr. | Barbara Brandon-Croft | Kenya Danino | André LeRoy Davis | Eric Nocella Diaz | T. N. Donahue | Emily Engel/Lil' Bernie | Asaf Harari | Rodney Jackson | Jai Jai Hooray/Rupa Parekh | Kilroy III | Lottie Dolls | My Family Builders/Eze Karpf | Vanessa Ramirez | Reactor-88 | SpellDoctor | Taylored Curiosities | Grey Williamson | Clinton Yaws | Onjena Yo

Writers: Black Heroes Matter/Uraeus | Yolande Clark-Jackson | André J. Daughtry | Devin Domond | Leonardo Faierman | Corey Godwell | Malaki Hill | Let Toys Be Toys | Frank Miller | Michelle Schwartzbach | Harule Stokes | Kimberly O. Wilkes | Teressa J. Wilkes

Youth Correspondents: Lily Love | Media and Social Justice Program of the Lower Eastside Girls Club 

Toy, Culture, Nerd Bloggers: Plastic and Plush | Slovenly Gamer | Johnathan Soul

Cosplayers: My Little Pony | Brooklyn Dokebi | something very purple | maybe some clowns (but not Pennywise) 

Co-Curators: Onjena Yo & T. N. Donahue

Exhibit: November 4th - 25th, 2017

Opening Reception: Saturday, November 4th, 2017, 3 PM - 6 PM

We will be collecting toys and gently used books for a local charity. 

Cosplayers are welcome and encouraged!

Medialia ... Rack and Hamper Gallery

335 West 38th Street, 4th Foor, New York, New York 10018

www.medialiagallery.com

WHERE IN NYC ARE MIA AND SAMMI? RAFFLE! ENTER TO WIN A LOTTIE DOLLS BUNDLE! 

Thank you to all who entered Our #WhereinNYCareMiaAndSammi? Raffle! to win a Lottie Dolls Bundle of Lottie the Fossil Hunter, Mia the Wildlife Photographer, Sammi the Junior Reporter and a tree house! Our winner was the lovely Tracy Mothershed! Follow @MedialiaGallery, @The_Ethyr and @Lottie_dolls on twitter to learn more!

The creators of Lottie Dolls were inspired by real kids! We were inspired by them! Visit WWW.LOTTIE.COM for gift ideas!

INTENTION & IMPACT STATEMENTS

As part of the Aim, Destroy, Transform: Play for Change toy show, we invited artists to write an intention statement about their toy and a few special guests to write an impact statement about a toy from our private "Curator's Collection." Click on an image to read their statements. Connect with each artist and writer and follow #AimDestroyTransform: #PlayforChange to share your thoughts.

AIM, DESTROY, TRANSFORM: PLAY FOR CHANGE GALLERY

About Medialia ... Rack and Hamper Gallery

Established in 1993, Medialia ... Rack and Hamper Gallery specializes in small, affordable works by international artists, including: book art, medallic sculpture, small sculpture, transformable sculpture, wearable sculpture, wall hangings and comic art exhibits. Work of gallery artists is exhibited on a continual basis, along with special one-person and group exhibitions by international artists.