Join us Sunday, April 26th at City Lights Gallery for an artists' talk featuring the talented creators of the works in "FAT/PHAT: Culture, Language, Morphology."
To paraphrase Shakespeare: “What’s in a word?” What is the impact of an utterance, a sound rife with cultural interpretation? For this exhibit at City Lights Gallery artists are asked to submit work responding to the concept of these 2 words, fat and phat, that sound the same, are spelt differently, and have different meanings. Among the range of social and cultural interpretations (but not limited to) are body image, oversized fashion and popular culture, imagery, spoken word, music, socio-economic status, positive and negative affirmation.
For those struggling with maintaining a healthy weight and growing up during the ultra-skinny “Twiggy” era or the current Ozempic craze, the plague of negative body image is an unending nag, affecting all aspects of daily life and sense of self-worth.
Contrastingly, the word PHAT with its roots in popular Hip Hop culture is short for emphatic or slang used to positively describe a person’s physical appearance; it can also be used to describe other things that someone enjoys, such as music or food. Others claim PHAT is an acronym signifying Pretty Hot And Thick. Thick in this sense, is another word for fleshy, as a desirable attribute. In this case Fat is Phat. The viewer may be prompted by the question, “Is Fat Phat?”
Exhibit runs through May 2nd, 2026. For more information visit bridgeportarttrail.org

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Artists' Talk for "FAT/PHAT: Culture, Language, Morphology" at City Lights Gallery

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OUTwork explores issues of gender, LGBTQ life, love and relationships, family, social justice, bias, personal stories and perspectives, pride, current issues of 2026, etc. Artists need not be gay, lesbian, nonbinary, or transgender to participate. Allies are welcome. The intention is to support the greatest possible inclusion and to create a platform for people of diverse backgrounds to meet and exchange ideas and want to express their support and respect.
SEND SUBMISSIONS IN JPEG FORMAT, (no more than 8 images), 72 DPI, DUE BY MAY 12 to: clgallerybpt@gmail.com
NECESSARY INFO TO INCLUDE WITH SUBMISSION: Brief artist's statement, itemized list of art submitted should include: title, size, medium, price of work, Works not for sale should include a value rather than a price. Also include artist’s contact info: name, email, phone (evening and daytime numbers), mailing address and website if available. There is no size limit to the dimension of art submitted, however larger works, over 60″ will be subject to space limitations.

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