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Manchester – Bearing Witness: Black Art in Public Spaces
June 17, 2022
FreeBlack Heritage Trail of NH presents:
Bearing Witness: Black Art in Public Spaces
From the Black Power and Black Arts movements of the 20th century to the Black Lives Matter movement of today, artists of color have created public art that provided a communal vision of history, heritage, and hope. Recently the works of three culturally conscious Black artists – the bronze head of a Black woman by Simone Leigh, four Afrofuturistic females by Wangechi Mutu, and the 20-foot sculpture of a dreadlocked black male rider on a stallion by Kehinde Wiley – have set a new standard for what is memorialized in public art: Imaginative Black Identities.
For this program, panelists will explore the public art scene in New Hampshire. Presenters will share their thoughts on questions such as: What is Black art? What does it mean to be a Black artist today? Should the work of artists of color always speak to and reflect the Black experience? What happens when Black art bears witness to a non-white presence and enters “white” spaces?
Event is Free & Open to the Public. Time TBD.
Presenters:
Sam Collins III, Juneteenth Historian & Public Art Creator, Galveston, TX
Joel Christian-Gill, Graphic novelist and cartoonist, Derry, NH
Richard Haynes, Artist, Educator & Visual Storyteller, Portsmouth, NH
Cecilia Ulibarri, President & Co-Founders Positive Street Art, Nashua, NH
Manuel “Phelany” Ramirez, Artist-In-Residence & Co-Founder Positive Street Art, Nashua, NH
