New Solo Exhibition by Shani Jamila

Photography and Collage Sourced from Around the World

Art@UJC  proudly presents PORTALS, a solo presentation of photographs and collages by Brooklyn based artist and traveler Shani Jamila. Curated by cultural critic and co-founder of ARTNOIR Larry Ossei-Mensah, this exhibition draws on Jamila’s years of international travel to nearly 50 countries. Utilizing the camera as a “portal,” the artist explores the connective tissue that binds humanity, while highlighting individuals and communities that often go overlooked and ignored. The exhibition will be accompanied by a series of events that will be free and open to the public.
The programming began on November 29th, when Shani spoke about storytelling in photography with:

Photo Credit: Christopher Anderson (Teju Cole), Kris Graves (Larry Ossei-Mensah), Alaric Campbell (Shani Jamila) and Michael Angelo (Laura Raicovich

It continued on December 15th, when Portals: A Solo Exhibition by Shani Jamila presented One World: Art + Literature.

Photo Credit: Shaniqwa Jarvis for the New York Times (Chris Jackson), Derek Blanks (Shani Jamila)

Shani was in conversation with the legendary publisher and editor Chris Jackson.

 

On January 19th, we held a lunchtime discussion on Reframing the Image: Art as a Tool for Social Justice. Shani was joined by Brendan Wattenberg, Managing Editor of Aperture Magazine and Elizabeth Mendez Berry, Director of Voice, Creativity and Culture at the Nathan Cummings Foundation.

 

Finally, the exhibition closed with a reception featuring a performance by Broadway singer and voice of Shani’s short film Altar, Alicia Hall Moran and musician Brett Sroka.

 

 

This Saturday Shani will be performing at the Brooklyn Museum as part of the closing celebration for the landmark exhibition We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965-85. Join her and other members of Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter at 200 Eastern Parkway in BKNY. The performance begins at 3:30, wear red and come ready to play!

September 16, 2017
1:00-5:00 p.m.
Cantor Auditorium (3rd Floor) and Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art (4th Floor)

Come together to celebrate the exhibition We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965-85 with artists, activists, and scholars. This daylong event honors the trailblazing artists in the exhibition, and highlights the intergenerational connections between art and activism.

Schedule:

• 1 pm Curator Tour with Catherine Morris and Rujeko Hockley
  Sackler Center, 4th Floor
• 2 pm Conversation with Howardena Pindell and Andrianna Campbell
  Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
• 2:30 pm Conversation with Barbara Chase-Riboud and Catherine Morris
  Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
• 3 pm Thomas Lax and Jawole Willa Jo Zollar on Blondell Cummings
  Cantor Auditorium, 3rd Floor
• 3:30 pm Performance: Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter
  Sackler Center, 4th Floor

Black Women Artists for Black Lives Matter formed in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and believes that a unified and polyvocal front is a powerful agent of change in the fight against racialized violence. In coming together, we are committed to producing work that addresses Black care and self-determination through public programming, exhibitions, and digital projects.

**Update: It was a fantastic day in Brooklyn! See below for some video and pictures from our performance.