Let's continue commemorating Black History Month and explore some more art by Black artists.

Sheherazade Thenard

In these paintings, Sheherazade describes what it’s like to be a Black and Queer artist living in the South. The loved ones in her paintings are painted into “places of comfort”, protected by nature, and the spiritual world. Her paintings feel deeply southern, the heaviness of the forests, the stillness, the rich color, the powerful seasons. I feel comforted by her work, steady and connected to the divine. Do you feel it too? Learn more about Sheherazade here.

Anthony Olubunmi Akinbola

Anthony uses durags—the scarves used to maintain Black hair- to talk about the rituals and histories separating Africa from Black America. Describing his work as "metaphors for what a first-generation existence might look like," he confronts themes of consumption and the commodification of Black culture. Learn. more about Anthony here.

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