Marissa Arterberry, Latisha Baker, JaeMe Bereal, Lorraine Bonner, Edythe Boone, Cynthia Brannvall, Camille Brown, Tracy Brown, April Martin Chartrand, Toshia Christal, Queens D. Light, Cheryl Patrice Derricotte, Nicole Dixon, Erika Dukes, Alise Eastgate, Anna W. Edwards, Dania W. Frink, Bre Gipson, Renata Gray, Melonie Green, Melorra Green, Shylah Pacheco Hamilton, Ewunike Ayobami Hanson, Nannette Y. Harris-Jones, Idris Hassan, Jasmine Haynes, Shah Hussein, Ayana Ivery, Amana Brembry Johnson, Virginia “Nia” Jourdan, Val Kai, Iyabo Kwayana, Joan Tarika Lewis, Samuella Lewis, Ajuan Mance, Kanika Marshall, Shona McDaniels, Kathleen McDonald, Francis Mead, Selamawit Mekonen, Bre’yanna Mitchell, Patricia A. Montgomery, Fatima Nasiyr, Aambr Newsome, Yetunde Olagbaju, Lala Openi, Rosalyn Parhams, Lakiba Pittman, TaSin Sabir, Yasmin Sayyed, Karen Seneferu, Britt Sense, Marnika Shelton, Sage Stargate, The House of Malico, Nye’ Lyn Tho, Karin Turner, Blue Wade, and Fan Lee Warren
The Black Woman is God: Reprogramming That God Code
SOMArts Cultural Center
934 Brannan Street, San Francisco, CA 94103
July 7 – August 17, 2016
Reception: July 7, 6–10 pm
Night Light (Multimedia Garden Party): July 23, 8:30 pm-12 am
Opening July 7 at SOMArts Cultural Center, The Black Woman is God: Reprogramming That God Code is a group exhibition curated by Karen Seneferu and Melorra Green. Including works in sculpture, painting, and new media by an intergenerational group of more than 60 artists, The Black Woman is God is an exploration of the artistic and social contributions of Black women. Karen Seneferu, co-curator of The Black Woman is God and an artist included in the exhibition, writes, “Through an examination of cosmology, womanhood, feminism, politics and psychology, The Black Woman is God challenges gaps and fragments in art history that position Black art as only ancient or contemporary, failing to honor the space in between.”
At the opening reception on July 7, there will be a performance by women Djemba drummers and a participatory dance performance by Sister Nau-T Agu. Night Light, a coordinating event on July 23, will present installations, performances, and film/video screenings by more than 20 artists: tickets are available online.
Karen Seneferu and Idris Hassan, Hotcomb: The Masquerade (video still). Courtesy of SOMArts Cultural Center.
Yetunde Olagbaju, Mammy, Mammy #2 (video still). Courtesy of the artist and SOMArts Cultural Center.
Cheryl Derricotte, Hands Up, Don’t Shoot, 2016. Kilnformed glass and enamel, 11 x 14 inches. Courtesy of SOMArts Cultural Center.
Idris Hassan, Church Crown. Digital photo. Courtesy of SOMArts Cultural Center.
