Old Town Untapped Summer Sizzle Keeps It Hot

This August’s Old Town Untapped Summer Sizzle features the edgy Americana sounds of SOSOS and the compelling modern stained glass artwork of Kandy G. Lopez. Join us on Friday August 4, 2023 from 6-10 pm for the popular street festival and participate in the opening reception and artist talk for the new exhibition (in) visible: pair-a-dice. Lopez’ new body of work features stained glass portraits of people of color and introduces a contemporary view of an ancient technique. Visit www.pompanobeacharts.org for all the latest updates.

SOSOS plays adult contemporary acoustic music with a twist of passive aggressive Americana. This popular Ft. Lauderdale band bases their music around root instruments such as upright bass, pump organ, banjo, mandolin, djembe, acoustic guitars, drums, melodica, and even a box of rocks at times!  Displaying a diverse balance of talent that brews up catchy tunes, SOSOS generates their own brand of energy.

Kandy G Lopez is a figurative artist who works with multiple mediums to explore and experiment with issues such as race, gentrification, immigration, and defense mechanisms. As an Afro-Dominican American artist, she acknowledges that these topics are a part of her heritage and are important to share with others. She uses glass as a metaphor for psychological transparency and the lack thereof. She explores the idea that people of color often have a defense mechanism where they “act tough” in certain situations instead of allowing themselves to be transparent. 

Lopez worked on (in) visible: pair-a-dicein 2023 as a part of the NACAN artist residency. Her travel to her maternal homeland, the Dominican Republic, further developed her artistic practice and allowed for deeper experimentation on glass.