She Sent Him Back to His Mother, Stephanie Santana, 2020
“As artists, collectively and individually, we are continuously asking ourselves questions and creating artwork that are iterations of those inquiries. What unfolds is an expansion of the intersections of our lives on varied planes. Each artist will take you into the fold and invite a critical dialogue on their art praxis and discuss a homeplace they all share, Black Women of Print.”
Join us for what will be a thoughtful and powerful conversation with three printmakers, Delita Martin, Tanekeya Word and Chloe Alexander. Tanekeya Word is the founder of Black Women of Print, an organization which aims to promote the visibility of mid-career and established Black women printmakers, through accessible educational outreach, to create an equitable future within the discipline of printmaking.
Thursday, June 23, 6:30pm
$10; free for Highpoint Contributing Members
Register for the event here.
Please note that this event has limited capacity. Highpoint is not requiring masks in the gallery space as of this writing, but that is subject to change. Masks are encouraged for all attendees.
“I wanted to create a place where intergenerational Black women printmakers could form bonds like Margaret Taylor Goss Burroughs and Elizabeth Catlett. From Mid-Career to Established printmakers, it is my hope that we all can learn something from one another, support one another and also have a home so that the world can get to know the intersectional narratives of Black womanhood and our creative processes.”
— Tanekeya Word
Delita Martin is an artist currently based in Huffman, Texas. She received a BFA in drawing from Texas Southern University and a MFA in printmaking from Purdue University. Formally a member of the fine arts faculty at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Martin is currently working as a full-time artist in her studio, Black Box Press.
Primarily working from oral traditions, along with vintage and family photographs as a source of inspiration; Martin’s work explores the power of the narrative impulse.
Chloe Alexander is a printmaker and educator who works in various techniques to create one-of-a-kind prints, drawings, and varied editions. Chloe obtained both her BFA and M. Ed. from Georgia State University in Atlanta and has since exhibited work
widely, including at Kai Lin Art Gallery in Atlanta, the International Print Center New York, and the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in London
Tanekeya Word was born in the Mississippi Delta and those memories are rooted within her praxis.
In her work, she explores subaltern spaces: Black interiority in the United States of America and the cultural connection to identity, history, memory and re-memory.
Tanekeya earned a BA in English and Afro-American Studies, from Howard University and has a MA in Arts Management. She completed her doctoral
program in May 2019 and is currently an Urban Education PhD dissertator with a specialization in Critical Race Theory in Art Education.
Tanekeya Word is based in Milwaukee, WI and is the owner and sole operator of Womanist Press Studio