Tag Archives: African American Art

  1. Art and Regeneration at the Liberty Bank Building in the Central District

    As we approach the new Liberty Bank Building on Union we can see from a block away that it is special. Its bold white with orange and brown accents stands high above surrounding buildings, a dramatic contrast to the innocuous developments on two corners of 23rd and Union, what was once the heart of the […]

  2. Carletta Carrington Wilson “Unchain My Heart”

      At the outset of her poetic presentation, Carletta Carrington Wilson declared that her exhibition “Unchain My Heart” (listen!) is a testament to mystery. Her exhibition at Art Xchange Gallery included selections from three series of works, “constellation of shadows and leaves” (2006) “Orange You Mingus” (2008-9), and “book of the bound” (2011-12). The artist explained […]

  3. Carletta Carrington Wilson’s “Poem of Stone and Bone”

    Carletta Carrington Wilson’s Installation and poetry Poem of Stone and Bone