Open Sessions Artist 2014-16: Jina Valentine . “In the past few years, my practice has become more politically engaged, collaborative, and experimental. It still includes the manipulations of objects, paper, and writing, but it also involves facilitating public dialogues and imagining new pedagogies.” -Jina Valentine . Jina Valentine lives and works in Durham. Her work has been shown at the Lisa Dent Gallery, San Francisco; The Studio Museum, New York; and The Weatherspoon Museum, Greensboro. . Open Sessions is a two-year program which provides opportunities for selected artists to contextualize work and ideas through exhibitions, public programs, and critical dialogue, organized by Rosario Güiraldes and Lisa Sigal, Open Sessions Curators. . #OpenSessionsTDC #JinaValentine Image: Jina Valentine. “Riots & Rations”, 2007. Sugar box and contents. 5 x 3 x 1 inches.