Demystifying the Journey
Art of the African Diaspora Satellite Exhibit and Virtual Reception
Online Exhibit: Opens February 5th. Visit the online gallery.
Zoom Reception with Artists: Friday, February 5th at 7:00pm. View the virtual reception.
Art of the African Diaspora’s first virtual satellite exhibit of 2021, Demystifying the Journey, features AOTAD’s Artistic Achievement Award Winners from 2018-2020. Advancing the theme “Creating Our Future” from Rhythmix and AOTAD’s 2020-21 public art installation at Alameda’s Chochenyo Park, Demystifying the Journey highlights the work of nine outstanding African American artists in the Bay Area.
Featured Artists:
Fan Warren, Tiffany Conway, Val Kai (2020 Award Winners)
Abi Mustapha, Zoë Boston, KaLiMa AmiLak (2019 Award Winners)
Tōmye, Stephanie Thames, Karin Turner (2018 Award Winners)
About the Artistic Achievement Award and The Art of Living Black
The Art of Living Black was founded in 1996 by the late sculptor Jan Hart-Schuyers and late painter Rae Louise Hayward after their realization that black artists were not being represented by galleries in any significant way. Held at the Richmond Art Center, The Art of Living Black was the only annual exhibit in the Bay Area to exclusively feature regional artists of African descent. Since 1999, three artists are selected each year by a juror to receive the Jan Hart-Schuyers Artistic Achievement Award. In 2019, the organization was renamed Art of the African Diaspora.
About Art of the African Diaspora
Art of The African Diaspora embraces and encourages artists of the African Diaspora by creating opportunities that give established, mid-career and beginning artists venues to present their art to the broadest possible audience. AOTAD also aims to help develop and maintain an educational environment which empowers the next generation of artists to magnify the importance of AOTAD as part of the extended community.
Main Image: Clockwise from top left: Legacy-Y by Fan Warren, Young Elder by Tiffany Conway, The Unconscious Mind by Stephanie Thames, Sweet Mother by Abi Mustapha, detail of On the Edge by Tōmye, Being GRATEFUL Doesn’t Make You NOT Wish For MORE, But It Does Keep You Aware of Your BLESSINGS by Karin Turner, The 2nd Line by Val Kai, The Voice of Silence by Zoë Boston; Center: EMERGE by KaliMa Amilak.