TALKS & EXHIBITIONS

 


TALKS

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Images of the African Diaspora in New York City Community Murals

 
 
 
 
 
 

All of these talks are available free of charge to schools, libraries, museums, etc. and some can be viewed on Artmakers' YouTube channel. For more information, contact Artmakers.

 
 


EXHIBITIONS

2017   
La Lucha Continua The Struggle Continues: 1985 & 2017 

The 26 La Lucha murals addressed six political concerns: gentrification, police brutality, immigration, feminism, and opposition to U.S. intervention in Central America and apartheid in South Africa. The exhibition examines not only the social, political, and cultural context in which the murals were created, but also how the murals defined, protected, and rehabilitated the La Plaza Cultural community garden. Looking at today’s Loisaida, the exhibition focuses on how the issues and the neighborhood have changed over three decades.  Images from the exhibition can be found here. 

Venue: The Loisaida Center, East Village, Manhattan, NY

 
 
 
 
 

2009 -2012
Images of the African Diaspora in New York City Murals

The exhibition’s 39 images reveal how African and Caribbean art, history, religion
and myth have influenced mural themes and content.

Venues:
Harlem Stage @ Aaron Davis Hall, City College, Manhattan, NY
MOCADA, James E. Davis 80 Arts Building, Brooklyn, NY
African American Heritage Center, Brooklyn Public Library, Macon branch 
Amagansett Free Library, Amagansett, NY
Humanities Institute, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY 
The American Library in Paris, France
West African Research Center, Dakar, Senegal 

 
 

The above exhibitions are available to museums, galleries, universities, libraries, etc.
For more information, contact Artmakers.

 
 
 

2009
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity: New York City Community Murals
Photographs by Camille Perrottet

Venue: Ashawagh Hall, East Hampton, NY

 
 

2006
When Women Pursue Justice

The exhibition tracks the creation of the 2005 mural from a blank wall to its dedication though photographs, artist statements, and images of the mural’s 90 women who, risking life and liberty, fought for social change in the arts, civil rights, community activism, education, the environment, health and reproductive rights, labor, law, peace, social justice, and women’s rights. 

Venues:
Bread and Roses Gallery, 1199, Manhattan, NY
Brooklyn Public Library Central Branch
Saint Joseph’s College, Brooklyn, NY

 
 
 
 

1991
Public in Private: Studio Works by 3 Public Artists

Venue: Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY

1989
Progressive Propaganda: Artmakers Address the Issues

Venue: Bread and Roses Gallery, 1199, NY, NY

1988
Artists Speak to the Issues: Election ’88

 Venue: Bronx River Arts Center, Bronx, NY