Frances Charteris
Dear Ling,
January 28 thru March 6

Frances Charteris is a visual artist currently residing in Boulder , Colorado . Reflecting an inter-cultural and eclectic background, she works in various media. As a result of traveling widely, she is preoccupied with roots, family, and community, and the shifting ground of identity. Portraiture offers a way of exploring these concerns whilst also providing an opportunity for creative collaboration. Her newest series Dear Ling , which will be on display in BMoCA's west gallery through March 7th, is a series of portraits of people of color who live and work in the city of Boulder . Images are accompanied by personal narratives by the subjects; some of these these texts adjoin the photographs of their authors, others are displayed anonymously and independently. The open and personal nature of the narratives are affective, and affirms a vital communication that can exist between artist and subject and by extension, between image and audience, the larger community of Boulder . These personal narratives offer an opportunity to construct a fresh language on the matter of race rather than continue the same weary conversation.