February 16, 2023

Gray Loft Gallery ~ Art of the African Diaspora 3

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installation photos by Styrous®

     
      
     
     
      
     
     
     
      
     
         
Art of the African Diaspora opened last weekend at The Gray Loft Gallery; it is the third satellite exhibition the gallery has hosted (link below) for the Richmond Art Center (link below).        
 
Art of the African Diaspora is the longest running event of its kind in the Bay Area. It originated from a salon for African American artists known as Colors of Black that was organized in 1989 by artist and professor Marie Johnson Calloway.         
 
In 1996 artists Jan Hart-Schuyers and Rae Louise Hayward established the exhibition The Art of Living Black at Richmond Art Center. Many of the artists from Colors of Black participated in the inaugural exhibition, which presented the work of emerging and established African American artists.        

Over the next twenty-five years the exhibition ensured the increased visibility for African American artists in the Bay Area that Hart-Schuyers and Hayward conceptualized.     

The next stage of the events development happened in 2018, when a Steering Committee comprised of participating artists, presented the exhibition. In 2019, the Committee became aware of the necessity to incorporate a broader vision of the African Diaspora and consequently renamed the organization Art of the African Diaspora.    
 
 
The exhibition will run until March 11, 2023

Closing reception: 

Saturday, March 11, 2023
4 to 6:30 pm


Participating artists: 
 
Cynthia Brannvall, mixed media
Stephen Bruce, painting
Kevin Curry, mixed media 
Jimi Evins, painting 
Raymond L. Haywood, painting 
Yolanda Holley, mixed media
Arthur Norcome, painting
Tomye: Living Artist, mixed media 
     
     
 
 
 
 
 
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 Raymond L. Haywood
 

 
  
 
 
 











 
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Kevin Curry
 

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 


 
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Gray Loft Gallery   
2889 Ford Street
Third floor
Oakland CA 94601



     
     
      
     
     
     
     
Viewfinder links:       
      
Arthur Norcome        
Styrous®        
          
Net links:      
         
Cynthia Brannvall                  
Stephen Bruce          
Jimi Evins        
Gray Loft Gallery       
Richmond Art Center ~ Art of the African Diaspora   





Styrous® ~ Thursday, February 16, 2023  
















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