Black Shedding(s)
June 5 – July 10, 2024
Featured Artwork: Salt Water Bodies, 2021-2022, Gouled Ahmed
Black Shedding(s) is a group exhibition where each artist's work comes together to tell a collective story. Through visual art, sound production, literary reflections, and educational resources, the viewer is invited into their own contemplation and conversation about diverse quests for liberatory transformation.
Black Shedding(s) highlights BCA's unwavering commitment to the intersection of arts and social justice and to amplifying the voices of artists from under-resourced communities—artists of color, women, and LGBTQIA+ individuals.
CURATOR
Cheyenne Wyzzard-Jones
ARTISTS
Gouled Ahmed | Nikesha Breeze | tasha dougé | Mikailah | Ehime Ora | Jaleeca Yancy
EVENTS
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Opening Reception: Wednesday, June 5, 2024, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
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Public Program: Wednesday, June 26, 2024, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Join us for A Hair Journey Through Black Remembrance on Wednesday, June 26th, from 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM at the Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos. In this interactive performance and conversation, the audience is invited to discuss the history of Black hair in the United States, the fibers of hair within the field of artmaking, and reflect on creative imaginations for where the collective Black hair journey is taking us toward liberatory transformation.
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Closing Reception: Wednesday, July 10, 2024, 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM RSVP Here
RSVP FOR CLOSING RECEPTION
GALLERY LOCATION
On the campus of
Hostos Community College
450 Grand Concourse, Room C-190
(at 149th Street)
Bronx, NY 10451
1 (718)-518-6728
SUMMER GALLERY HOURS
Monday - 12pm - 6pm
Tuesday - 12pm - 6pm
Wednesday - 12pm - 6pm
Thursday - CLOSED
Friday - CLOSED
Saturday - CLOSED
Sunday - CLOSED
DIRECTIONS:
Hostos is easily accessible by the 2, 4, and 5 IRT Trains.
Longwood Art Gallery @ Hostos is wheelchair accessible
EXHIBITION BOOKLETS:
View Current and Past Exhibitions Booklets Below.