Earth Day 2022
Burnaway staff celebrates the month of April with a list of our favorite organizations, BA stories, albums, artists, films, books, and events for Earth Day.
North Carolina (9)
Lorraine O’Grady: Both/And
Delving into the archives of Black feminist performance art, Brandee Newkirk finds timely critique of Black female abjection in artistic society and the larger social world in Lorraine O’Grady’s current retrospective at the Weatherspoon Art Museum.
Stone House Art Gallery in Charlotte, NC
In this month’s DIY Index entry, BA visits Stone House Art Gallery, an artist-run project space in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Bless me before you go: Envisioning Black sanctuary in bell hooks’s Appalachian Elegy and Moses Sumney’s Blackalachia
Bryn Evans revisits the writing of bell hooks and finds new visions of Appalachia as a site of refuge and freedom for Black folks while viewing Asheville-based musician and multi-disciplinary storyteller Moses Sumney’s Blackalachia, the artist’s first concert film.
Liên Truong at Davidson College, North Carolina
Lauren Piemont considers the work of Liên Truong after her mini retrospective at Davidson College.
January 19, 2022
Burnaway’s monthly news roundup includes an upcoming exhibition at the Georgia Museum honoring Lou Stovall, a new Wangechi Mutu installation at the Nasher Museum, and grant awardee announcements.
Damian Stamer at SOCO Gallery, Charlotte
Lauren Piemont reviews Damian Stamer’s and then it wasn’t in SOCO Gallery’s new project space.
Dreaming in English at Van Every/Smith Galleries, Davidson
Burnaway takes a close look at Dreaming in English, an exhibition by Nicholas Galanin on view at the Van Every/Smith Galleries in Davidson, North Carolina.
Call for Artists: November 2021
Our monthly round up of calls, residencies, and opportunities includes residencies at Antenna, the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, and the Currier Museum of Art.
