Please join on us Saturday, November 18th at 2PM in celebrating the closing of 80 years young Joe Koppal’s debut solo gallery exhibition Anthem, Arena, Sanctuary, 20 years in the making, with music by Alexandre Merbouti of Haute Tension and dance by Mamie Green and Meg Paradowski of VOLTA Collective.

Directed by Mamie Green and Megan Paradowski, Volta fuses physicality, theatricality and multidisciplinary approaches to performance. Volta is passionate about presenting dance in accessible, nontraditional spaces, often collaborating with artists across mediums. Volta’s work has been presented in the US, abroad, and dance festivals and has been reviewed by such publications as the LA Times.

Alexandre Merbouti is a musician and visual artist born in Manhattan, Kansas. Having grown up between The Bay Area in California, Nantes, France, and Miami, Florida. Alexandre's art is heavily inspired by his travels and exposure to a large number of cultures and art forms. Through music and film photography and video, Alexandre explores the nuances within human connections, emotions, and ideas. Alexandre has travelled internationally with his original music projects both as a band and solo. His photography has been published Wax Poetics in 2022. His video editing work for "HoodMidCenturyModern" is was on view at See Galerie, Paris for the 032c Magazine Paris Fashion Week opening June 2023.