Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter

New Museum

I had the amazing experience of creating a performance with a group of Black women & Non-binary artists called together by Simone Leigh. I participated in the group in the performance piece at the New Museum in September of 2016.

We descended on the New Museum from four directions. All dressed in red, we sang and held space on our way to the museum which had artifacts, banners, and an activation. The event ended with a dance party, DJ Tara providing music as we marked our joy and grief.

Inside the museum, Latasha Diggs read a litany culled from the words of those who have been murdered by the police. We untied prayer flags and handed them to audience members while saying the names of those slain. We marked our joy and grief.

New York Times coverage

Group of women and non-binary people dressed in red, holding hands as they are being filmed — Processional gathering outside the New Museum

Women and non-binary people sitting in a circle, all wearing red, untying red bandanas — Untying prayer flags as Latasha Diggs performs a litany.

Brooklyn Museum Closing Reception

Closing of We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965-1985
For the closing of this exhibit, members of Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter created response pieces to works in the show. We performed for museum goers on the last weekend of the event and had a talk-back afterwards. Participating artists included: Toya Lillard, Abby Dobson, Elvira Clayton, Clarivel Ruiz, Tanisha Christie, Shani Jamila, Fatimah White, and others.

photos by Lachell Workman

Brooklyn Museum page

People in red, laying hands on one another with eyes closed. Two behind with arms upraised in praise

Project Row Houses

BWAforBLM had a 3 month residency at Project Row Houses in Houston from March to June 2017. I contributed to video works and on administrative tasks.
On screen: Lehna Huie, in space: Fatimah White.