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4 images, top left lobster and corn, top right a man holding art and smiling, bottom right a feast of artistic food, bottom left a man holding a creative pineapple he's smiling and holding his thumb up
Clockwise from upper left: Lobster by Jimmy Tucker and corn by Priscilla Frank, YAI Artist Oswald Saenz with his angels, a dinner spread in progress, and Diogeneis Costa and his pineapple for the upcoming show, 'Dinner's Ready!'

Gather round the table for a scrumptious family dinner, each dish lovingly sourced from YAI Artists’ memories and fantasies. Throughout their residency at Summertime Gallery in Brooklyn, the artists exchanged secret recipes, reminisced about childhood, and discussed what makes a house a home.  

Opening celebrations for Dinner's Ready! will be at the gallery at 145 Ainslie Street on Friday, March 24 from 6-8 pm, with the show running until April 30.  

"This show emerged from conversations about family and all of the shapes it can take for the YAI Artists,” said Priscilla Frank, YAI Arts Supervisor. “It can be biological family, housemates or friends or fellow artists in the YAI Arts studio, pets or imaginary demons or anime ladies. We wanted to celebrate our ancestors real and imagined."   

Curated by Jimmy Tucker, a YAI Artist since 2016, the exhibition will include artwork from 13 artists. Tucker made a lobster and two hot dogs for the show using cardboard, tape, paper-mâché, and glue.  

“I have been curating and picking out artwork to be hung on the walls and decided on a red and mahogany color scheme for the show because it’s warm and inviting and reminds me of my family,” said Tucker.  

This is Tucker’s first time curating an exhibit. He said he enjoyed the learning process of what it takes to put a show together and stepped outside his comfort zone to create his pieces.  

The artists’ experiences inform this immersive exhibition, a hot pink 1970s dining room all dressed up for an indulgent evening of shrimp cocktail, escargot, baked potatoes, and pineapple ham, sculpted from paper-mâché and recycled materials. 

Hurry on over to Summertime to celebrate before the food gets cold!