Tue, Oct 19, 2021,6
Online
Free and open to the public
$30+ Donation receives Black Alchemy
Talk
Freedom in Abstraction: Aaron R. Turner in Conversation with Hernease Davis
Artists Hernease Davis and Aaron R. Turner will discuss Turner's new publication, Black Alchemy: if this one thing is true, Davis' current exhibition at Silver Eye, Recapitulation, and the ways in which abstraction and personal narratives have influenced their practice.
This conversation will be held via Zoom. You can join the conversation here.
Registration is free and open to the public. Donation's of $30 or more will receive a copy of Black Alchemy: if this one thing is true by Aaron R. Turner, published by TIS.
Please note: books will ship as soon as they are available, estimated shipping date is Nov. 15, 2021
Participating Artists
Aaron R. Turner is a photographer and educator based in Arkansas. He uses photography to pursue personal stories of people of color in Arkansas and Mississippi Deltas. Turner was a 2018 Light Work Artist in Residence at Syracuse University and received an MFA from Rutgers University.
Hernease Davis earned her MFA from ICP-Bard College and widely exhibits multimedia installations throughout the U.S. Using photograms, cyanotypes on fabric, crochet and sound installation, Hernease creates immersive spaces of rest for herself and others. Work from her new series, "...new love." debuted as a part of the SHIFT Residency 2020-21 hybrid exhibition at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts in New York City. She has also exhibited with Silver Eye (Pittsburgh), Transformer Station (Cleveland), the International Center of Photography (New York City), the Visual Studies Workshop (Rochester), Tiger Strike Asteroid (Brooklyn), the Houston Center for Photography, and she was named to the inaugural Silver List which recognizes emerging photo-based artists who are advancing the medium. She has been featured in Front Runner Magazine, LensCulture, and her work inspired an article in Musée Magazine that explored facets of trauma. Hernease teaches in the MFA program at the Visual Studies Workshop and served as a Visiting Lecturer at ICP-Bard where she led a course exploring empathy through art practice.