NEW ORLEANS! JOIN US FOR #ESSENCEFEST at @aceneworleans for the opening of our show, “In Root, Of Bone" curated by Lee Laa Ray Guillory @leelaaray and Renee Royale @reneeroyale 🎨🔥 • Gallery Opening and Happy Hour Thursday, July 04 Doors at 3PM | Free • Support Black Art presents, “In Root, Of Bone,” a multimedia group exhibition that explores the transformative nature of self creation and ancestral (re)collections of New Orleans based artists. The exhibition investigates the delicate line between storytelling and truth-telling through collage, painting, photography, and paper-based installation. The continuum of intergenerational resilience through the reimagining of the artists’ inheritance illuminates their commitment to kinship. The intrinsic ties of the deep ancestral roots of black folks, notably those of southern Louisiana, have called these artists to express not just for themselves but for the generations who have come before. From wooden quilts and mirroring self portraiture to sacred geometry and the interweaving of image and text, these works call the viewer to examine Who carries the bones of our story and what is rooted in our memory? • Featured Artists: Jean-Marcel St. Jacques @hoodooemporium Nailah Griffin @msmowgli Sienna Pinderhughes @sienna.pinderhughes Stephanie Yawa de Wolfe @stephyawa . . #supportblackart #aceneworleans #inrootofbone #essencefest #essencefest2019 #artexhibition #blackart #blackexcellence #neworleans (at Three Keys) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bza24omBaX_/?igshid=pjn3nii9y7qj
