Opening Night Reception: Fri, February 13, 2026 | 5:00-8:00PM
Exhibition Dates: February 13 – March 21, 2026
Special Gallery Hours Wed-Sat, 10:00AM-2:00PM or by Appt.
Free Admission
Subterranean Voices, a five-week artist residency and exhibition by Sabrina Small that transforms the gallery into an immersive, hybrid space—part living studio, part evolving installation.
Visitors are invited to engage with Small’s completed works and her active creative process, encountering an environment rich with personal objects, vinyl records, and works-in-progress.
Rooted in themes of identity, transformation, and resistance to digital efficiency, Subterranean Voices explores the tension between outward persona and inner consciousness through hand-stitched and drawn works that celebrate slowness, tactility, and imperfection. Small’s symbolic figures—both monstrous and tender—serve as avatars for deeply personal narratives. This residency reflects SPAACES’ ongoing commitment to artist support, offering free residencies and exhibition opportunities that prioritize care, process, and artistic freedom.
Panel Discussion: AI, Culture & Connection
Sat, February 28, 2026 I 10:00-11:30AM | Admission: Members $10 Not-yet-members $20
SPAACES is pleased to present a special morning event featuring a creative breakfast and a thought-provoking panel discussion inspired by Subterranean Voices, the exhibition by artist-in-residence Sabrina Small. Moderated by SPAACES founder Marianne Chapel, the conversation will include Sabrina Small, Louise Converse (Artisan Cheese Company, Sarasota), David Wong (co-founder of FRIEDA and FRIEDA Community), and artist Nathan Skiles, exploring themes at the intersection of artificial intelligence, digital culture, meditation, reflection, and the connective power of food. The event also marks the beginning of a partnership between SPAACES and Philadelphia-based FRIEDA, an organization dedicated to bringing people together through curated cultural experiences. Panelists: Sabrina Small, Louise Converse (Artisan Cheese Company), David Wong (FRIEDA), Nathan Skiles.
Sabrina Small is a mixed media artist with an emphasis on drawing and stitching. Her artwork, inhabited by floral-animal-human-hybrids, speaks to the raw and grotesque nature of life on this planet. These personal representations are both autobiographical visual diaries and sensitive documentations of her past relations and life experiences. Small earned her BFA from The Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland. Her work has been exhibited in museums and galleries in Berlin, Budapest, Hamburg, London, Los Angeles, Mallorca, Miami, Nanjing, Philadelphia, and Stuttgart. She currently lives in Philadelphia.
