HER EYE
The last Thursday of each month we feature an online art exhibition that invites BWVA colleagues and friends to share their perspective in images. This program supports our community and amplifies the creative voices of Black women in visual art.
Interested in being considered for the BWVA ‘HER EYE’ Instagram Online Art Exhibition?
A selection of 5 current exhibitions by Black Women.
“The Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse”, curated by Valerie Cassell Oliver. “Off the Record” curated by Ashley James. “Promise, Witness, Remembrance”, curated by Allison Glenn. “Enunciated Life”, curated by Taylor Aldridge. “The South Got Something to Say” curated by Karen Comer Lowe.
“Intimacy in the Now”, curated by Grace Gardner
Intimacy describes close familiarity or connection. In thinking about expressions of intimacy with others in this period of being physically distanced from loved ones, I wanted to explore how intimacy is portrayed, and how new connections can be made and are encouraged within contemporary works of art.
Divine Femininity, Infinite Wisdom, March 2021
Curated by Folasade Ologundudu
Rejecting the oppressive structures of the patriarchal society we inhabit, these works take cue from divine femininity. The energy, healing, and ancient wisdom of womanhood lie front and center. Using our natural instincts to explore creativity, spirituality, self-expression and stay deeply rooted in self-love. The divine feminine manifests in our desire to reach our highest potential, nurturing our intuition and empathy.
“Together As One”, curated by Jasmine Wilson
When artists gather, communities are built. Smokehouse Collective, Kamoinge Workshop, Where We At Collective (WWA), AfriCOBRA, and Weusi Artist Collective created artwork to imagine something new. During the 1960s and 70s, these New York and Chicago-based groups were unified as they experienced the Black Arts Movement, Black Power Movement, and Civil Rights Movement together.
An homage to art books by Black women writers, art historians and scholars.
“No black woman writer in this culture can write "too much". Indeed, no woman writer can write "too much"...No woman has ever written enough.” - bell hooks
"SOAR,” curated by Karen Comer Lowe
There is no shortage of reasons for a Black man to want to fly — to leave the country that often turns its back to them. Flight is a posture of freedom: freedom of thought, of restriction, of oppression. Through these works, we explore the concept of flight as it relates to the idea of Black masculinity.