# @project_backboard on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DYVPk_wSwSf
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- **Posted:** 2026-05-14T20:26:52.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Project Backboard (@project_backboard) — https://gondola.cc/project_backboard

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Now open 📍 yourgreatpark in Irvine, CA, Project Backboard’s largest ever renovation across four full 🏀 courts with site specific artwork by 🎨 katyanngilmore made possible with support from artsinirvine cityofirvine jds.sports #playwithpurpose 

Join us this Sunday, May 17, from 1-3pm to celebrate with live music, free posters, art making activities, open runs on the new courts, and a 10-year retrospective exhibition of Project Backboard’s work in the Great Park Gallery along with works from katyanngilmore and a selection of artworks celebrating basketball and community, with support from acommonpractice 

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𝘎𝘈𝘔𝘌! 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘈𝘳𝘵
Great Park Gallery, Irvine, CA
Exhibition: May 17–July 26
Opening Reception: Sunday, May 17, 1–3 p.m.
Gallery Hours: Thursdays & Fridays: Noon–4 p.m., Saturdays & Sundays: 10 a.m.–4 p.m.

𝘎𝘈𝘔𝘌! 𝘉𝘢𝘴𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘣𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘊𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘢𝘳𝘺 𝘈𝘳𝘵 celebrates basketball as a source of creative expression and community connection. Anchored by the imaginative resurfacing of the Great Park’s four basketball courts — which feature original, site-specific art by California artist, Katy Ann Gilmore — the exhibition showcases a selection of contemporary artists from the book, Common Practice: Basketball and Contemporary Art, exploring the culture and aesthetics of basketball, alongside a survey of Project Backboard’s national and international court renovations.

Exhibiting artists include:
Adrian Kay Wong adriankaywong
Andrea Bergart andreabergart
Anthony Rianda anthonyrianda
Boyang Hou whoshobo
Brian Lotti brianlotti
Cheryl Pope cherylpope
Diego Gaeta #diegogaeta
Joseph Sherman josephlouissherman
JR jr
Kadir Nelson kadirnelson
Katy Ann Gilmore katyanngilmore
Kevin Couliau kev.couliau
Madame Fraankie mmefraankie
Madjeen Isaac madjeenisaac
Paul Pfeiffer pmp2021
Paula Henderson paulahenderson222
RaMell Ross ramellross
Rebekah Andrade rebekah_andrade
Reuben Gordon reubensfunkykitchen
Todd Hebert toddhebert_
Tyrrell Wi

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