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Part of the “Invisible Angels” series

K. Yoland devises creative projects that shine a spotlight on individuals and groups who are disenfranchised by perpetuated systems of power. In Yoland’s “Invisible Angels” series, the artist explores a…

Dance, Dance, Dance is a video accompanied by a set of prints that represent stages in the work’s making. The work provides a crucial insight into the importance of self-love and self-care. Both the process and the cathartic result of this work…

Part of the “How to Suffer Politely (and Other Etiquette)” series

Through large-scale, public, text-based installations such as the “How to Suffer Politely” series, as well as through publications and correlated public programming, Kameelah Janan…

Through large-scale, public, text-based installations such as the “How to Suffer Politely” series, as well as through publications and correlated public programming, Kameelah Janan Rasheed invokes pedagogical ideas of injustice, by presenting phrases…

In Difficult Ordinary Happiness (with thanks to Adrienne Rich), Margaret Boozer uses her expertise in ceramics to create an abstract image out of locally-sourced earth and minerals in what she calls a Rammed-Earth Painting. Boozer makes the…

Part of the "Line Up" Series

Line Up 1 and Line Up 4 are two photographs from Martine Gutierrez’s “Line Up” series. The series comprises scenes meticulously staged and constructed by Gutierrez to deceive her audience. Gutierrez appears in these…

Part of the "Line Up" Series

Line Up 1 and Line Up 4 are two photographs from Martine Gutierrez’s “Line Up” series. The series comprises scenes meticulously staged and constructed by Gutierrez to deceive her audience. Gutierrez appears in these…

Part of the "Tensions and Tapestries" Series

Nate Lewis, a registered critical care nurse, prints his own photographic portraits on heavyweight paper and then uses self-invented tools resembling surgical instruments to make controlled tears in…

Part of the “Tensions and Tapestries” series

Nate Lewis is a registered critical care nurse. He makes photographic portraits, prints them on heavyweight paper, and then uses self-invented tools resembling surgical instruments to make controlled…

Part of the “Soundless” series

"NOVEMBER 5, 1893 - SAVANNAH, GEORGIA
Love Sermon: On November 5, 1893, a prominent Baptist preacher gave a sermon condemning lynching, rape, and mob violence against African Americans in the South. In his sermon,…