Ruth Asawa at Black Mountain College
In June's co-publishing partnership with Oxford American, Colony Little examines how Black Mountain College catalyzed Ruth Asawa's artistic career and arts education within San Francisco public schools.
Colony Little
Colony Little is a freelance arts writer and critic from California, now based in Raleigh, NC. She is the founder of Culture Shock Art, a contemporary art blog dedicated to amplifying the voices of Black artists and artists of color. She is a 2020 recipient of the Andy Warhol Foundation Arts Writers Grant and was a member of the 2022 cohort for the MHz Curationist Critics of Color residency.
Articles (4)
The Time Is Always Now: Artists Reframe the Black Figure at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
Colony Little reviews North Carolina Museum of Art's presentation of Ekow Eshun's The Time is Always Now, bringing together 23 African diasporic artists who render Black subjectivity, identity, and interiority while subverting notions of the gaze.
Processing Systems: Numbers by Sherrill Roland at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham
Colony Little reviews how Processing Systems: Numbers by Sherrill Roland, the artist's latest exhibition, offers a unique take on portraiture and compels viewers to crack the code at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University, Durham.