{"id":421028,"date":"2026-05-10T15:55:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T15:55:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/421028\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T15:55:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T15:55:21","slug":"a-new-exhibition-draws-on-the-spirit-of-the-juke-joint-at-march-gallery-on-avenue-a","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/421028\/","title":{"rendered":"A new exhibition draws on the spirit of the juke joint at March gallery on Avenue A"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEhnIxSUJMCrbqrpfX6UQeE5JS_OgC9bXWWN9_w-GWqmbtUe_DHTpy2Y3feBkipFSeItBJyOb0M6ovOQ2TZ_Xmow5dENp1aysuciulff-lxYY1yZ9jmEWKgcJ-cWvsSaxh6HBQ6IItCguZMbYziD_16iYdpVycoKTivBecqYmItmDeuHNVBbgxMfyRevoDk\/s2272\/viruswalk_5-6-26_r_w_029.jpg\" style=\"display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/viruswalk_5-6-26_r_w_029.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Photos by Stacie Joy\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In case you were wondering about that orange glow coming from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.marchgallery.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">March gallery<\/a> at 62-64 Avenue A between Fourth Street and Fifth Street&#8230;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Inspired by the juke joint \u2014 informal social spaces for music, dance and community \u2014 the latest exhibition at March brings together works spanning 1939 to 2022, highlighting both the visual language and cultural significance of these now-vanishing spaces.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Rather than memorializing juke joints, the show seeks to capture their energy and influence, as well as the broader need for places where people can gather outside the routines of everyday life.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEidz7UKvHi-17UOprLER8lLokMekO_WwThIYmoHITL0714mENAqj6TUNbKTuJnTMoRPJrwu7UnS-hYXGiZnd3dy4isJgUT4TZw4ovkymqiac9NgkVqYSOY7yhOar3pm2vTAMjLtWBojfBDmm3DqvM0VqVl7GCjccU1oS12qLT0b7upD_fqgJVLvjzqzcz4\/s2272\/viruswalk_5-6-26_r_w_033.jpg\" style=\"display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/viruswalk_5-6-26_r_w_033.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/img\/b\/R29vZ2xl\/AVvXsEjdvSBxDptuumVh7dI0HHsxN7fXdSTR-VYG04lYk4pit1BqRWEhbqOLou0k4Y4DlZnlyiSQdn5jy4kD8JSpM9DzVDc03tCoSrAi-DNcJQlWU3KRHHi0clgm9fkKVRfKB80xvvv2Grh6YeTbSducrZJZws4Kh4zYnpK9_qKpotb_xNPTQa48DHCcsI9lSI8\/s2272\/viruswalk_5-6-26_r_w_040.jpg\" style=\"display: block; padding: 1em 0px; text-align: center;\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/viruswalk_5-6-26_r_w_040.jpg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The exhibit officially opened last evening&#8230; and will be here through June 20.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Hours: Tuesday\u2013Saturday, 11 a.m. to 6 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photos by Stacie Joy\u00a0 In case you were wondering about that orange glow coming from the\u00a0March gallery at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421029,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[442,498,499,500,501,156,111,139,69],"class_list":["post-421028","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-arts-and-design","tag-arts","tag-arts-and-design","tag-artsanddesign","tag-artsdesign","tag-design","tag-entertainment","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421028","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=421028"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421028\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421029"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421028"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421028"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421028"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}