EXHIBITION EVENTS:
let me tell you a story 5/23/19-6/23/19
Featuring works by:
Adebunmi Gbadebo, Ibou Ndoye, Kimberly Becoat, Shoshanna Weinberger, Theda Sandiford
Adebunmi Gbadebo, Ibou Ndoye, Kimberly Becoat, Shoshanna Weinberger, Theda Sandiford
• 5/23/19 6-9p Artist Reception: Thursday
• 6/15/19 4-5p Discussion of Exhibit led by African American Cultural Council of Montclair Art Museum
• 6/22/19 3-5p Artist Talks
3 - 3:30p Ibou Ndoye
3:45 - 4:15p Kimberly Becoat
4:30 - 5p Shoshanna Weinberger
• 6/23/19 3-5:30p Artist Talks and Workshop
3 - 3:30p Adebunmi Gbadebo
3:45 - 4:15p Theda Sandiford
Artist Workshop
4:30 - 5:30p Theda Sandiford
• 6/15/19 4-5p Discussion of Exhibit led by African American Cultural Council of Montclair Art Museum
• 6/22/19 3-5p Artist Talks
3 - 3:30p Ibou Ndoye
3:45 - 4:15p Kimberly Becoat
4:30 - 5p Shoshanna Weinberger
• 6/23/19 3-5:30p Artist Talks and Workshop
3 - 3:30p Adebunmi Gbadebo
3:45 - 4:15p Theda Sandiford
Artist Workshop
4:30 - 5:30p Theda Sandiford
EVENT DETAILS
African American Cultural Council of the Montclair Art Museum
6/15/19 4-5p Discussion of Exhibit led by African American Cultural Council of Montclair Art Museum
On Saturday, 6/15/19, from 4-5p, we will be hosting a discussion of “Let Me Tell You A Story”, led by the African American Cultural Council of the Montclair Art Museum. We hope you will be able to attend. The discussion of the exhibit led by two members of the committee, Gwendolyn Jackson and Diana Tyson, will be open to the public and artists from the exhibit will be present. Join us for this engaging and important event. Refreshments will be served.
Theda Sandiford
Artist Talk
"As a woman, I find it is often easier to make my way in the world by keeping my mouth shut. These works are from a collection of one-sided conversations. The things I wish I said or could say, the things I say under my breath or the affirmations I use to remind myself that my voice is relevant even when I think no one is listening."
Workshop
"In all its glory, my hair is my identity. There are secrets and mystery hidden in my hair. Pain and joy; that is mine to reveal. An extension of my body and my SELF. "
Join Theda Sandiford for a hair-raising yarn wrapping workshop to wrap and hitch knot yarn, recycled sari thread and ribbon on 100’ of cotton rope. Impart your essence and become a part of this community art making project.
Kimberly Becoat’s “Urban Hottentot” series focuses on male perceptions of Black women. She challenges the view of women as ‘body parts’ or what she refers to as ‘dissected beings’ as opposed to ‘whole’ individuals. Her work confronts the viewer with what is forbidden and considered tradition, as passed down through ‘enslaved conditions’. She asks us to consider how language frames these actions within the gender power structure.
According to Shoshanna Weinberger, "during my talk, I will discuss my ongoing series 'Invisible Visibility', of which, the Sunset Selfies, featured in Let Me Tell You a Story is the most recent evolution and exploration. The work explores my experience with 'invisible blackness', 'passing' and 'Double-Consciousness'. As a result, the works allude to my personal relationship with intersectional identity, alienation and otherness."
Ibou Ndoye will talk about his recent work, and his development as a young artist in Dakar, Senegal, and Adebunmi Gbadebo will discuss the concepts and use of human hair from people of the African Diaspora in her work.
On Saturday, 6/15/19, from 4-5p, we will be hosting a discussion of “Let Me Tell You A Story”, led by the African American Cultural Council of the Montclair Art Museum. We hope you will be able to attend. The discussion of the exhibit led by two members of the committee, Gwendolyn Jackson and Diana Tyson, will be open to the public and artists from the exhibit will be present. Join us for this engaging and important event. Refreshments will be served.
Theda Sandiford
Artist Talk
"As a woman, I find it is often easier to make my way in the world by keeping my mouth shut. These works are from a collection of one-sided conversations. The things I wish I said or could say, the things I say under my breath or the affirmations I use to remind myself that my voice is relevant even when I think no one is listening."
Workshop
"In all its glory, my hair is my identity. There are secrets and mystery hidden in my hair. Pain and joy; that is mine to reveal. An extension of my body and my SELF. "
Join Theda Sandiford for a hair-raising yarn wrapping workshop to wrap and hitch knot yarn, recycled sari thread and ribbon on 100’ of cotton rope. Impart your essence and become a part of this community art making project.
Kimberly Becoat’s “Urban Hottentot” series focuses on male perceptions of Black women. She challenges the view of women as ‘body parts’ or what she refers to as ‘dissected beings’ as opposed to ‘whole’ individuals. Her work confronts the viewer with what is forbidden and considered tradition, as passed down through ‘enslaved conditions’. She asks us to consider how language frames these actions within the gender power structure.
According to Shoshanna Weinberger, "during my talk, I will discuss my ongoing series 'Invisible Visibility', of which, the Sunset Selfies, featured in Let Me Tell You a Story is the most recent evolution and exploration. The work explores my experience with 'invisible blackness', 'passing' and 'Double-Consciousness'. As a result, the works allude to my personal relationship with intersectional identity, alienation and otherness."
Ibou Ndoye will talk about his recent work, and his development as a young artist in Dakar, Senegal, and Adebunmi Gbadebo will discuss the concepts and use of human hair from people of the African Diaspora in her work.
