Los Angeles Exhibition at Bridge Projects
April 9th - July 31st 2021
This group exhibition Otherwise/Revival, visualizes the impact of the historic Black church— specifically the Black Pentecostal movement—on contemporary artists. It is curated by Cara Lewis and Jasmine McNeal. Among the 30 featured artists are: McArthur Binion, Deana Lawson, Nathaniel Mary Quinn, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Kehinde Wiley, Willie Cole, Clementine Hunter, and Sister Gertrude Morgan. My collaborative new work created for the exhibition with designer Norman Teague is called Sweet Jellyroll for Terry, made in homage to Terry Adkins (1953-2014), an interdisciplinary artist and musician, whose work often blended both. The works in the exhibition respond to the “otherwise possibilities” embodied by the Black church. Sculptures, paintings, video, and performances celebrate the significance of music, praise, breath, and community. Exhibited artists reflect on their traditions, heritages, passions, and talents to cultivate a space where art thrives and expresses a unifying language for all.
New City Art 50 2020 - Artist Selection Folayemi Wilson
“After a two-decade career in two-dimensional design and art direction, Folayemi (Fo) Wilson turned to 3D, studied furniture design and art history, and began making new forms and spaces. Her 2019 “Dark Matter” exhibition at Hyde Park Art Center expanded the setting of Southern vernacular architecture to new realms, not only centering the hypothetical occupants …
blkHaUS Studios Awards Grants to Young Design Professionals & Students
blkHaUS studios sends four design students and young professionals to IDSA’s 2020 International Design Conference. Each of them was awarded a grant from blkhaus studios to attend the IDC conference sponsored by IDSA, and to get a complimentary IDSA membership.
Chicago Names Artists to Memorials & Monuments Advisory Committee
The advisory committee is reviewing the City’s current public art inventory to identify and prioritize artworks that may be problematic. The resulting report will recommend next steps for the existing collection as well as processes for the city’s commission of monuments moving forward, which will include speculative …