In 2014, Wave Pool, the community-driven, artist-led experimental art gallery, was one of the first generation of new artistic outposts to stake a claim in Camp Washington. Situated in a repurposed firehouse, Wave Pool has become a burgeoning force for change and action in the small community, like its work co-helming The Welcome Project to engage and assist recent immigrants and refugees to the area and more. It also acts as a haven for artists-in-residence and niche exhibitions.
Wave Pool is turning five with a big fiesta and fundraiser. Tickets to the party include food from The Welcome Project chefs, live music, a silent art auction, a live auction and “a variety of libations.” Proceeds will go to assist the gallery and social enterprise with its next steps.
According to an event release, “Over the next year Wave Pool will open a food market and teaching kitchen for and by refugees and immigrants, host a world-renowned artist group to do a soil remediation project in our post-industrial neighborhood, and continue to support artists and curators through our rigorous exhibitions and residency programs.”
6-11 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 21. $100; $50 artists; $150 per couple. The Factory, 1546 Knowlton St., Northside, wavepoolgallery.org.