Join us on Wednesday, June 25, from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the BmoreArt Connect+Collect Gallery for the opening of Close Enough, featuring works by Aliana Grace Bailey and Brandon Donahue-Shipp.

Close Enough explores the intimate power of gesture and memory. With works rooted in care, legacy, and presence, this exhibition holds space for quiet boldness and deep connection. Bailey’s weavings, locs, and collages sit in conversation with Donahue-Shipp’s oil paintings on stretched T-shirts, offering layered reflections on Black life, softness, and everyday beauty.

Together, their works open portals of familiarity and connection. Through bold textures and tender gestures, Close Enough asks us to consider the legacies we carry and the ones we’re building. It is an exhibition that doesn’t ask to be decoded, but to be felt—by those close enough to recognize themselves in the folds.