The Grapevine
Worn: Shaping Black Feminine Identity
In September 2014, I received a commission to create an installation at the Royal Ontario Museum on the theme of African identity and Canadian history. I have just completed this work, and it will open January 31! The work consists of a Victorian mourning dress made of braided synthetic hair extensions, surrounded by a bed of natural cotton bolls, some of which are altered to contain tufts of my own hair. The installation will stand alone in the Wilson Canadian Heritage Gallery, within the Sigmund Samuels Gallery of Canada. The exhibition will run until November 2015.
Read my artist statement here.
Here is a video discussion by some of the curators and advisors talking about my work (skip to the 18 minute mark) and about the Of Africa initiative, a 3-year program of exhibitions and events about Africa and the African Diaspora.
2015 Grants for the Arts in San Francisco, CA (October 31, 2015 deadline)
DC-based Contemporary Abstract Artist Joyce Wellman featured on Maryland Public TV’s ARTWORKS Program
AICAD Studio Practice Residency Opportunity (Deadline Aug. 21, 2015)
Fellowship for African American Oral History Research
Associate Director, Center for African and African American Studies, University of Texas
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Associate Director, Center for African and African American Studies, University of Texas at Austin
“Without Guarantees” — Stuart Hall
Thinking of Stuart Hall’s phrase after seeing this story:
NEWS: Recap of Race & Aesthetics Conference @ Leeds Art Gallery, UK, May 2015
Race & Aesthetics: A British Society of Aesthetics Connections Conference ran the 19th and 20th of May, at the Leeds Art Gallery. Fourteen speakers and several dozen more participants gathered to share thoughts on any of the points of intersection between the philosophies of race and aesthetics. Topics ranged from sexual attraction to humour to Brett Bailey’s Exhibit B. In what follows, I’ll try to present short but effective summaries of each of the conference talks.
http://www.aestheticsforbirds.com/2015/06/race-aesthetics-2015-retrospective.html
Position: DIA President and CEO
Job Description Posted at Phillips Oppenheim website:
http://www.phillipsoppenheim.com/current-searches/detroit-institute-arts.html
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