EXHIBIT ON VIEW JUNE 26–JULY 25, 2026: “Play ► Venessa Monokian and JR Roykovich” at Throughline Collective is an evolving collaborative installation that explores play as a tool for creativity, self-care, and community engagement. Visitors are invited to participate in the exhibition’s ongoing transformation through interactive artmaking and dialogue.

• OPENING RECEPTION: Friday, June 26, 2026 | 6–9 PM
• ART EVENT “Lens-based Play Date (Focused // PLAY ►)” – Saturday, July 11, 2026 | 1–3 PM: A space where focus softens, and process becomes image through collective looking and shared play.
• ART EVENT “Educators’ Play Date (All Work // No PLAY ►)” – Saturday, July 18, 2026 | 1–3 PM: A conversation space exploring the tension between labor and creativity, where teaching, time, survival, and making intersect.
• CLOSING RECEPTION “(Final // PLAY ►)” – Saturday, July 25, 2026 | 6–8 PM: a culminating event where the fully realized installation is revealed. Developed through a month-long collaboration in the gallery space, the exhibition brings together conversations, constructions, exchanges, and collective contributions generated throughout the project.