Join me on Saturday evening, September 11th for the Exhibition Opening of Steps toward Justice featuring portraits of Rosa Parks by the renowned 94-year-old painter/sculptor Artis Lane, whose bust of Parks was selected for President Biden's Oval Office.
Steps toward Justice, is a bronze by Artis Lane showing her friend Rosa Parks climbing the steps of the Montgomery courthouse. Photo credit: PD Rearick.
The exhibition, which runs September 11-October 23, will feature multimedia imagery -- from paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs and prints to a Presidential medal -- relating to Civil Rights icons/issues across the globe. It will also document Lane's design process, exploring the ways in which she channels her personal experience/inspiration to the viewer through art.
While Lane has famously celebrated civil rights icons such as Parks (personal friend), Mary Ann Shadd Cary (great-great aunt), Sojourner Truth and Nelson Mandela through art, the exhibition will also address the artist’s own life story, notably: her family’s abolitionist history, the civil rights icons she connected with, and her own struggle to achieve acclaim as a black woman in the field of art.
Experiential activities in the galleries will allow viewers to connect on a personal level with the artist, her subjects and with deeper social justice issues, past and present.
Admission is Free - REGISTER HERE
This event is a collaboration between Art Impact Connect, Collected Detroit, and Metropolitan Museum of Design Detroit and part of Design Core Detroit's Month of Design festival which runs from September 1st -30th. Programmed by Design Core, Detroit Month of Design is a citywide celebration of creativity that gathers designers and the greater community to celebrate Detroit's role as a UNESCO City of Design.
Hope to see you on Saturday evening, September 11th for the Exhibition Opening, and don’t forget to check out the array of wonderful events happening at the gallery throughout the month of September: DESIGN CORE DETROIT
“Today, Detroit designers are focusing on the future, creating solutions to complex problems, and accelerating our transition into a better world. 2020 changed how we live and this year’s festival will be a reflection of that change.” - Design Core Detroit