I Need You To Show Up For Me: An Exhibition on Community at Nelson's

An exhibition exploring vulnerability, community, survival, and the act of showing up for one another through art.
About this Event

I Need You To Show Up For Me is a contemporary art exhibition centered on the emotional weight and necessity of community. Opening on June 19th — a day rooted in remembrance, liberation, resilience, and celebration — the exhibition reflects on what it truly means to show up for one another through moments of vulnerability, joy, grief, healing, and survival.

Through painting, mixed media, and visual storytelling, the featured artists explore how communities are built, fractured, repaired, and remembered through shared experiences and collective responsibility. The exhibition positions showing up not as a passive gesture, but as an intentional act of connection, resistance, care, and love.

The evening will also feature sounds by Tikaafterdark alongside curated whiskey tasting offerings presented by Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery.

Curated by Reggie Wayne and Evan Roosevelt Brown.