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.
North Carolina (9)
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.
Andréa Keys Connell: Mom at Artspace, Raleigh
Samantha Oleschuk reviews Andréa Keys Connell’s solo exhibition at Artspace in Raleigh, NC, one that gestures to the multiplicity of maternal experience.
The Gospel of David LaChapelle
Carolinas Editor Robert Alan Grand looks at the life, career, and deeply spiritual work of David LaChapelle on the occasion of his survey exhibition Dear Sonja at the North Carolina Museum of Art, Winston-Salem.
“Everybody else is dead. She’s still here.”: The Unrelenting Joy of Maya Freelon’s Time-Bending Installations
Courtney Napier profiles Durham artist Maya Freelon, who highlights Black family stories, resilience, and the colors and textures of her African American heritage, drawing viewers into the vast Black imagination.
In the Studio with Mariam Aziza Stephan
Artist, curator, and writer Paul Bright visits the Greensboro studio of Mariam Aziza Stephan, a painter using abstract landscapes to explore themes of loss.
History Painting #1 (for B.N.) in the wake of Helene
In this special contribution, Asheville-based artist Hannah Cole reflects on the destruction of her studio by Hurricane Helene, the loss of most of her life’s work, and how she’s navigating the changes to her practice through describing one surviving piece.
Through My Eyes: School of the Alternative in Black Mountain, North Carolina
For Burnaway’s CRUSH theme series, Isabella Marie Garcia reflects on the land, people, and ethos of School of the Alternative in Black Mountain, North Carolina.
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.
