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Open Studios at Sculpture Space, NY

Art Residency Open Studio

Dear Enthusiast of the Arts,

I am inviting you to an open studio event to view my latest work alongside the rest of the Winter cohort: katya Grokhovsky  Cseko Julia and Jose Porgo. You can see more documentation on the residency at @anjammarais

YOU’RE INVITED

THIS WEDNESDAY

March 9 • 5:30pm

(this event is FREE to the public)

Shifting Grounds of the Tongueless.
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Material is an archive,
memory, monument,
and the mute witness,
of trade, migrations,
and conflict.
Fingerprints for
colonial violence,
generational survival,
elemental ceremonies.
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Under the city of Utica,
Mohawk and Mafia
muffled in wetlands.
There is no solid
ground, only
thick silence,
– the swamp sits.
This land, an
old trade route, with
forgotten footprints,
unresolved voices,
interrupted lives.
Filled with stories
but no tongue.
Material speaks.
⸭◈⸭

“Please join Sculpture Space and the artists in residence – who called Utica home for the last five weeks – for an open studio. This artist cohort brings a unique mix of culture and history as far as Ukraine, South Africa, Brazil, and Mexico. They traveled diverse creative paths that led to the doors of Sculpture Space. This evening of artistic exploration and lively discussion is intergenerational and free to the public.”

(As directed by the State of New York, masks are not required, but we strongly recommend masking for continuous safety.)

 

By |2022-05-30T14:20:19-04:00March 5th, 2022|

Art Opening & Poetry Reading at Helene Wurlitzer

My outdoor exhibition Chairhenge (How to Sleep Through Falling Silences) will open this Saturday, December 4th at The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico. The text of Steve Biko and other African poets will accompany the interactive art installation. Because of COVID regulations, we ask that you bring your own earphones for the audio experience.

I have collected found objects between Californian and New Mexican refuse centers and sculpted layers of traditional adobe and a turmeric patina. I am inviting the public to take a seat to listen to the Earth, ancestors, and poetry while being grounded in the land (traditional land of the Taos Pueblo).

The installation is in the front alfalfa field of the campus.

Saturday, December 4th, 1 pm – 3 pm. 218 Los Pandos Rd

For more information about the event, you can contact the Wurlitzer Foundation at (575) 758-2413

By |2022-05-30T14:04:43-04:00December 2nd, 2021|

Earthtalk a ritual-installation: An obeisance to the Ancestral wisdom of the Mother.

What would change if we took seriously the consideration that the world is alive, that we derive our being from a never-static, ever-changing field of entanglements, and that we are not the center of the universe?” Dr. Bayo Akomolafe

The preamble of my Earthtalk journey. The intersection of installation and ritual. Listening to Earth, hearing the Ancestral, and connecting with the Femme Consciousness. We documented this performance on traditionally owned Pueblo land. Thank you @wurlitzerfoundation for providing me with the resources for creating this new body of work.

To be out in the sun, next to the Rio Grande river performing was a deep reminder that all are connected within creativity. This work is an obeisance to the Ancestral wisdom of the Mothers – her milk, her breasts, her nurture. Thank you to Leon Syfrit and Sarkis Gorial for documenting the ritual installation.

By |2022-05-30T14:52:31-04:00November 22nd, 2021|

Selected for The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Residency

Helene Wurlitzer

I am looking forward to attending The Helene Wurlitzer Artists Residency in Taos, New Mexico in 2021. Peace, quiet, and a studio to focus on my work.

The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico (HWF) is a private, 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational and charitable organization committed to supporting the arts.

Founded in 1954, the HWF manages one of the oldest artist residency programs in the USA. The Foundation’s mission is to “Support the artist and the creative process” and serves as a haven for visual artists, literary artists and music composers.

The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation is located on fifteen acres in the heart of Taos, New Mexico, a multicultural community renowned for its popularity with artists.

When painter Agnes Martin turned up in Taos in the year 1947, she was living out of her car. The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico’s very first charitable grant was awarded 66 years ago to Martin, launching her career and culminating in Martin achieving world renown as one of the most heralded and influential Abstract Expressionist artists of the 20th century. Since then, the HWF has provided fellowships to thousands of artists from all over the world.

By |2022-05-30T14:31:54-04:00October 15th, 2021|

Dvcai Opens Its Traveling Exhibition In The Miami Design District.

INTER|SECTIONALITY: DIASPORA ART FROM THE CREOLE CITY COMES TO MIAMI

 

A small, socially-distanced opening reception for Inter|Sectionality: Diaspora Art from the Creole City will take place on Friday, February 5, 2021, with activities beginning at 6:00 pm. For questions and appointments during operating hours, please call the gallery at (786) 306-0191. Covid-19 protocols are in place – visitors will pass through a temperature station and are required to wear masks at all times.

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MIAMI DESIGN DISTRICT
MOORE BUILDING
4040 NE 2nd Ave
Ste 200

FEB 5th – MAY 31st, 2021
MON – SAT: 11 am – 7 pm
SUN: 12 pm – 6 pm

Curated by Rosie Gordon-Wallace

Participating Artists:

Moisés Aragón (Cuba)
Aisha Tandiwe Bell (Jamaica)
Minia Biabiany (Guadeloupe)
Christopher Carter (United States)
Katrina Coombs (Jamaica)
Esperanza Cortés (Colombia | US)
Michael Elliott (Jamaica)
Guy Gabon (Guadeloupe)
Rosa Naday Garmendia (Cuba | US)
GeoVanna Gonzalez (US | Germany)
Juan Erman Gonzalez (Cuba | US)
Kearra Amaya Gopee (Trinidad & Tobago)
Grettel Arrate Hechavarría (Cuba)
Caroline Holder (Barbados | Canada)
Izia Lee Lindsay (Trinidad & Tobago)
Anja Marais (South Africa | US)
Claudio Marcotulli (Venezuela | Panama)
Jared McGriff (United States)
Petrona Morrison (Jamaica)
Kurt Nahar (Suriname)
Devora Perez (Nicaragua)
Evelyn Politzer (Uruguay)
Wanda Raimundi-Ortiz (Puerto Rico | US)
Juan Ernesto Requena (Venezuela | Panama)
Asser Saint-Val (Haiti | US)
Deborah Willis, Ph.D. (United States)
Stephanie J. Woods (United States)

By |2022-05-29T23:55:52-04:00February 5th, 2021|
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