Letters from artists and researchers sharing their takes on the situation to hkw, cc-ed to the world.
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Willie Birch
A print by Willie Birch from P5forNOLA.
Wildflowers in the Artist’s Backyard, 2009/2020
Print, 11 x 14 inches, Edition of 54+2 AP
Willie Birch is best known for his large-scale grisaille charcoal drawings that feature everyday scenes and settings in New Orleans. The works have an arresting graphic quality and capture the dynamism, tenderness, ritual, and quotidian aspects that define life in the city; each work revels in details while hinting at a larger cosmology.
In this drawing, abundant flora weaves through a chain-link fence. It is dark and densely rendered, and despite the tightly cropped framing of the image it is replete with symbolism and nuance, from the diamond pattern of the fence to the careful detailing of each plant species.
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The Porch is the Tree is the Watering Hole
The Porch is the Tree is the Watering Hole, on view at the African American Research Library and Cultural Center. Viewed through art, architecture, photography and poetry, the exhibition is a dynamic exploration of space and community within this historical Black neighborhood. The exhibition features artists and designers Germane Barnes, Darius V. Daughtry, David I Muir, Adler Guerrier, Olalekan Jeyifous, Adrienne Chadwick, Marlene Brunot and George Gadson, and is presented by Broward County Cultural Division.
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Sistrunk
The Porch is the Tree is the Watering Hole, an exhibition at African American Research Library and Cultural Center, Broward library branch.
Untitled (A Sistrunk narrative framing black life) is a working title.
Untitled (Sistrunk–in medias res. Unfurling the presence of Black life).
