Foreword

September 27 – November 13, 2021 Crooked Tree Arts Center – Traverse City322 Sixth StreetTraverse City, MI 49684(231) 941-9488 Foreward centers a Black family’s intergenerational acts of survival, rebellion, and hope. These experiences are too often buried behind leading news stories not typically curated by, or considerate of, Black people’s needs and knowledge. Illinois-based artist Patrick Earl Hammie uses figuration across traditional media to examine past and present black diasporic experiences and themes related to cultural identity, social equity, narrative, and the body in visual culture. Through portraits and allegories, Hammie explores the complexities of identity, emotion, and family by layering …

BE REAL BLACK, FOR ME

BY BEATHUR MGOZA BAKER AND IMRAAN JEEVA July 4 – September 12, 2020Madlozi Art Gallery (online exclusive) In the wake of ongoing race-based police brutality, and the institutionally sanctioned killing of Black people this project is a response from artists from Africa and across the Black and African Diaspora supporting social justice movements in the United States, as a conscious intervention reclaiming and affirming Black bodies and lives universally. ‘BE REAL BLACK, FOR ME’ is an exhibition of contemporary art curated as an intervention and dialogue across continents paying homage to Black bodies as sites of healing, resilience, resistance, and …