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Mississippi Museum of Artâs Center for Art and Public Exchange (CAPE) today announced Shani Peters (b.1981) as its 2021 national artist-in-residence. Starting in early spring 2021, Petersâa multidisciplinary artist and educator based in Harlemâwill embark on a multi-part project,
Collective Care for Black Mothers and Caretakers.
Incorporating aspects of her multi-faceted community-based practice, Petersâ public, project-based, collaborative work considers painful truths and creates opportunities for collective momentum toward learning, wisdom sharing, and community exchange. Her process is informed by her lived experience and in-depth research as she examines the politics of shared society to reveal individual and community approaches to managing the weights on and demands of Black mothers and caretakers.
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From Karyn Olivier, The Battle is Joined, 2017. Vernon Park, Philadelphia PA. Commissioned by Monument Lab and Mural Arts. Video documentation with audio recording of Trapeta B. Mayson’s poem Monuments to Brown Boys commissioned for public art instal (USF Contemporary Art Museum)
John Sims, Freedom Memorial at Gamble Plantation, 2020. Video animation with sound, 12 foot Afro Confederate flag, marker. (USF Contemporary Art Museum)
TAMPA, FL On Jan. 22, the USF Contemporary Art Museum, part of the Institute for Research in Art in the College of The Arts, is launching the hybrid exhibition titled Marking Monuments in both online and physical spaces.