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Save the Date for PATTERNS: PEOPLE IN TRANSITION, a powerful solo exhibition that honors African American history and culture through visual storytelling.

This is the radical story of the evolution of blues music that accompanied the Great Migration. Highlighting the unyielding and creative spirit of resilience, it explores historic challenges and celebrates the skillful exploration of hopes and fears during the journey from the south to the north and midwest 1916-1970.  Figures and scenes are layered with timely symbols that represent urgent reminders of hard truths.  The narrative, like the music, reflects the perseverance of the people, collective trauma, uncertainty, resilience, rejection of limitations, and the manifestation of hope.  It is important to remember how art has always energized our resistance, assisted us to cope, and instructed us how to navigate around our burdens.

EVENT INFORMATION

Location: Akwaaba Gallery

509 S Orange Avenue, Newark, NJ

Exhibition Dates: July 12 - August 15, 2025

Opening Reception: Saturday, July 12, 2025