Where We Begin Again: In Her Eyes x Vox Populi
Arianna Cabrera & Skyla Rimple
Curated by Tarah Paul & Catia Colagioia
Friday, April 3, 2026 - Sunday, April 19, 2026
Opening Reception: Friday, April 3, 2026 6-10pm
Opening Reception: Friday, April 3, 2026 | 6pm-10pm
ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
Where We Begin Again is a group exhibition presenting new work by recipients of the In Her Eyes Scholarship, an initiative dedicated to supporting undergraduate Black women artists in Philadelphia at a formative stage of their creative development. The exhibition marks the culmination of a year-long process of artistic exploration, reflection, and growth, offering a public platform for two emerging voices.
The works on view span poetry, visual art, and multimedia practices, centering themes of identity, faith, womanhood, and storytelling. Poet Skyla Rimple presents a multimedia body of work grounded in language, memory, and inner life, weaving poetry with visual documentation to give form to emotional complexity and reflection. Visual artist Arianna Cabrera presents Bearing Fruit, a series of portraits and symbolic works exploring how women bear fruit through creation, care, healing, and self-discovery, informed by faith and Caribbean cultural aesthetics.
Together, these practices invite the Philadelphia community into moments of quiet recognition and shared humanity. Where We Begin Again is not only a presentation of finished work, but a meditation on beginnings.
ABOUT THE ARTISTS
Skyla Rimple (@skylakaitpoetry), is a Senior at the University of Pennsylvania, is a poet whose practice centers on transforming lived experience into language that grounds, reflects, and connects. Poetry serves as both a personal archive and a communal offering in her work, capturing moments of beauty, difficulty, friendship, and reflection with emotional clarity and care. Her writing traces the evolution of inner life—how identity, faith, and belonging shift over time. In addition to writing, Skyla incorporates visual documentation and multimedia elements to contextualize the environments and moments that inspire her work.
Arianna Cabrera (@@yungpicari) is a Philadelphia-based, Dominican-born multidisciplinary visual artist and content creator whose work explores portraiture, identity, womanhood, and emotional connection. She is currently an undergraduate student at Drexel University. A self-taught artist, her work is shaped by personal history, her faith, and a commitment to continual learning and experimentation. Through both physical and digital platforms, she seeks to make art accessible and intimate, inviting viewers to see themselves reflected and valued within contemporary visual culture.
