The Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Partnership is proud to present the 5th Annual Black Artstory Month, titled The Altar: Rituals of Healing in the African Diaspora.
Programs and exhibitions are curated by Suhaly Bautista-Carolina:
The Altar is an exploration, through the lens of arts and culture, of healing rituals that span the African Diaspora; a celebration of the practices that fuel us and allow us to thrive in the world as African Descendants; an acknowledgment of our individual and collective healing practices as innate acts of resistance. Through visual art installations, performance, film, poetry and other creative mediums and practices, viewers will encounter how artists are honoring these longstanding healing rituals and traditions. The Altar is thus both an exhibition and an offering of healing strategies, anchored in community, that aim to overcome stress, reinforce our intentions in the world and heal trauma. It is an invitation to learn how we can spiritually protect ourselves and each other and a commemoration of our legacy of healing throughout time and place.
Keywords and concepts:
Altar, Offerings, Heal, Spirit, Soul, Breath, Power, Transference, Inheritance, Ritual, Tradition / Traditional, Generational / Intergenerational, Ancestry / Ancestors / Descendants, Lineage, Timelessness / Time / Temporal, Recipes, Natural Knowing, Blood Memory, Art as release, Art Therapy, Religion, Church, Sacred spaces, Holiness, Liberation / Freedom, Community / Communication, African Diaspora.
Artwork and idea submissions are due by: Please note that deadline has been extended to Monday, November 21st at midnight.
For additional information and to submit, please email Suhaly Bautista-Carolina at blackartstory@myrtleavenue.org.
Please submit:
- name, email, website
- artist statement
- 3-5 images of work (jpg)
- 1 paragraph that ties your work to the theme
Black Artstory Month celebrates the influences and contributions made by African Americans within the visual and performing arts worlds. The month-long celebration, which was designed to coincide with Black History Month, will take place from February 1-28, 2017 at venues, storefronts and merchant spaces along Myrtle Avenue in Fort Greene and Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.
FREE events will take place every Friday in February and visitors can also enjoy the artwork any day on display at independent businesses along Myrtle Avenue.
