Silver Eye

This workshop is an activation of FIERCE: Pittsburgh, an exhibition of thirteen portraits by British photographer Ajamu X that celebrates individuals shaping the city’s contemporary Black queer culture and situates them within an evolving global archive.

In celebration of this exhibition, this workshop is an invitation to alter/altar self-portraits in honor of one's own fierceness.

All are welcome, you don't have to identify as an artist or be experienced in collage or mixed media art to join us!

Please bring a headshot of yourself (ideally 5x7 and b&w) to the workshop. Materials and light refreshments provided.

Registration below is free but space is limited to twenty-five participants to facilitate meaningful connection and participation.

Silver Eye is grateful to our community partners Rainbow Serpent, the Black Unicorn Library and Archive Project, Dreams of Hope, and Assemble for making this workshop possible.

Image credit: Bekezela Mguni, Self-portrait, 2026

Participating Artists

1. Almah LaVon (theyy/themme) is the mixed media mail artist behind Three Rivers Postal Social, Postcards for the People, and many other participatory art shenanigans. Theyy are also a member of the Rainbow Serpent Collective.

2. Bekezela Mguni is a queer Trinidadian artist, cultural worker, and librarian. She serves as the Artistic Director of Dreams of Hope, which provides the region’s LGBTQIA+ youth a welcoming environment to grow in confidence, express themselves, and develop as leaders through the arts. She is a steward of the PGH Flower Library and the founder of The Black Unicorn Library and Archive Project, a community initiative cultivating libraries as sites of possibility and freedom.