African American Art, Alma Thomas, Thelma Golden, Endia Beal, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Deana Lawson, Xaviera Simmons, Sarah Lewis, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Jennie C Jones, Simone Leigh, Jaimie Milner, Zanele Muholi, Lorna Simpson, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN

Where My Girls At?: 28+ Opportunities to See and Support the Work of Black Female Artists and Curators This Fall

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Where My Girls At?: 28+ Opportunities to See and Support the Work of Black Female Artists and Curators This Fall

BY   Victoria L. Valentine
PUB   Culture Type [perfectpullquote align=”full” cite=”” link=”” color=”” class=”” size=”14″]IT WAS A GREAT DAY IN HARLEM, a celebration of two important women in art—Alma Thomas (1891-1978) and Thelma Golden.[/perfectpullquote]
The artist and the director of the Studio Museum in Harlem were both born Sept. 22. Thomas would have been 125. To mark the milestone, the Studio Museum, which is currently presenting an exhibition of Thomas’s paintings and drawings, had a birthday party. The special breakfast and exhibition viewing was hosted by Golden. The gathering, on the first day of fall, was a birthday celebration and so much more. It kicked off an art season that is shaping up to be a rewarding one for black female artists, curators and scholars.

Early that morning, the MacArthur Foundation announced its 2016 fellows. Art historian and curator Kellie Jones and Baltimore-based bead artist Joyce J. Scott were among the 23 selected to receive MacArthur “genius” grants. That evening, Julie Mehretu‘s new exhibition opened at Marian Goodman Gallery in Chelsea. “Hoodnyx, Voodoo, and Stelae” features new paintings and a new monograph will be published to coincide with the exhibition. Meanwhile, Mehretu covers the latest edition of Cultured magazine.

Speaking of magazines, curator Sarah Lewis guest-edited the summer issue of Aperture magazine. “Vision and Justice” explored the African American experience through photography and was so popular that it sold out. After a second printing, more copies of critically recognized issue became available this month, just in time for “Vision and Justice: The Art of Citizenship,” Lewis’s exhibition at Harvard. “Examining the contested relationship between art, justice, and African American culture from the 19th through 21st century in the United States,” the show reflects the Aperture issue and complements a course she teaches. Lewis also curated “Race, Love, and Labor” at the Center for Photography at Woodstock, including artists Endia Beal, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Deana Lawson, and Xaviera Simmons. [mc4wp_form id=”6042″]

African American Art, Alma Thomas, Thelma Golden, Endia Beal, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Deana Lawson, Xaviera Simmons, Sarah Lewis, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Jennie C Jones, Simone Leigh, Jaimie Milner, Zanele Muholi, Lorna Simpson, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN
Curator Sarah Lewis guest-edited a special issue of Aperture magazine exploring the African American experience through photography and has organized a related exhibition currently on view at Harvard.
African American Art, Alma Thomas, Thelma Golden, Endia Beal, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Deana Lawson, Xaviera Simmons, Sarah Lewis, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Jennie C Jones, Simone Leigh, Jaimie Milner, Zanele Muholi, Lorna Simpson, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN
For her first solo exhibition in Europe, NJIDEKA AKUNYILI CROSBY is presenting a new body of work, including “Super Blue Omo,” 2016 (acrylic, transfers, coloured pencils, collage on paper). | Collection of the Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, Fla.; Image of courtesy the Artist and Victoria Miro, London. © Njideka Akunyili Crosby
African American Art, Alma Thomas, Thelma Golden, Endia Beal, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Deana Lawson, Xaviera Simmons, Sarah Lewis, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Jennie C Jones, Simone Leigh, Jaimie Milner, Zanele Muholi, Lorna Simpson, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN
JENNIE C. JONES, “Recording Red, Gray Distortion (for Elvin Jones),” 2016 (acoustic absorber panel and acrylic paint on canvas). | via Sikkema Jenkins
African American Art, Alma Thomas, Thelma Golden, Endia Beal, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Deana Lawson, Xaviera Simmons, Sarah Lewis, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Jennie C Jones, Simone Leigh, Jaimie Milner, Zanele Muholi, Lorna Simpson, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN
The exhibition features new paintings and drawings by JULIE MEHRETU, along with “Epigraph, Damascus,” 2016, a six-part photogravure and etching (left). | Installation view via Marian Goodman Gallery
African American Art, Alma Thomas, Thelma Golden, Endia Beal, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Deana Lawson, Xaviera Simmons, Sarah Lewis, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Jennie C Jones, Simone Leigh, Jaimie Milner, Zanele Muholi, Lorna Simpson, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN
ZANELE MUHOLI, “Bester II, Paris,” 2014. | © Zanele Muholi. Courtesy of the artist and Yancey Richardson Gallery via National Underground Railroad Freedom Center
African American Art, Alma Thomas, Thelma Golden, Endia Beal, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Deana Lawson, Xaviera Simmons, Sarah Lewis, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Jennie C Jones, Simone Leigh, Jaimie Milner, Zanele Muholi, Lorna Simpson, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN
JAIMIE MILNER is presenting “Gifted,” her series of portraits of black men for the first time in a solo exhibition. Shown, “Bradford Young,” Cinematographer, Los Angeles | Photo by Jaimie Milner, Courtesy the photographer
African American Art, Alma Thomas, Thelma Golden, Endia Beal, LaToya Ruby Frazier, Deana Lawson, Xaviera Simmons, Sarah Lewis, Njideka Akunyili Crosby, Jennie C Jones, Simone Leigh, Jaimie Milner, Zanele Muholi, Lorna Simpson, KOLUMN Magazine, KOLUMN
Working primarily in photography and video, this exhibition of new paintings explores a new direction for LORNA SIMPSON, first introduced at the 2015 Venice Biennale. Shown, “Detroit (Ode to G.),” 2016 (India ink, acrylic, and screenprint on Claybord). | Courtesy Salon 94

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