Studio Montclair presents “Mujeres del 2021” on exhibit from January 14 through February 19 at Studio Montclair Gallery, 127 Bloomfield Avenue, Montclair, NJ.
Throughout this Season of Pandemic women have been ”holding it down.” Standing Up for truth and healing for their families and communities.
Mujeres del 2021 calls attention to the work of our “mothers, grandmothers, sisters, wives, and aunties,” who never give up!
A Luta Continua- the Struggle Continues as our Mujeres struggle, sacrifice and thrive for the Beloved Community.
Studio Montclair Gallery
127 Bloomfield Avenue
Montclair, NJ 07042
Participating Artists:
Judyann Affronti, Emily Barnett, Shirley Parker Benjamin, Carol Black-Lemon, Lindy Blanchard, Cathleen McCoy Bristol, Rodriguez Calero, Marina Carreira, Alison Deas, David Derr, Sanford Drob, Antoinette Ellis-Williams, Maria Estrela, Gladys Barker Grauer (1923-2019), Kate Griffin, Beverly Heath, William Jones IV, Alex Katsenelinboigen, Yasmin Lerner Sivan, Erica Levine, Jo-el Lopez, Manuel Macarrulla, Cassandra Martin, Stephen McKenzie, Russell A. Murray (1950 – 2009), Mansa Mussa, Leslie Nobler, Yvonne Onque, Sylvia Padilla, Onnie Strother, Nette Forne` Thomas, Peter Tilgner, Denise Toney, Gwendolyn Verner, Linda Vonderschmidt-LaStella
This exhibit also includes work from the collection of A.K. Mtume.
CURATOR: Bisa Wendy Washington
Bisa Wendy Washington is a Newark, NJ-based artist whose work is in both national and international collections. Bisa’s work hovers at the crossroads between the synthetic and the organic. Her mixed-media works combine historical, political, and religious traditions of the African diaspora to form what she calls “sculptural statements, visual narratives, and shrines for contemporary rituals.” Her work is inspired by and dedicated to ancestral spirits and modern African-American cultural icons transforming ordinary objects into objects of power.
