“Draw’em out, James Baldwin” Frontline Prophet: James Baldwin works by Sabrina Nelson
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Gallery talk, “Draw’em out, James Baldwin,” with artist Sabrina Nelson as her drawings of civil rights icon and author James Baldwin are on display in the gallery.
Adelphi University is proud to present Frontline Prophet: James Baldwin, a traveling art exhibition by artist/activist Sabrina Nelson, as part of The Fire This Time: A James Baldwin Centennial Celebration. This exhibition, curated by Ashara Ekundayo and Jonathan Duff, highlights James Baldwin’s enduring legacy through Nelson’s compelling artwork.
The exhibition is on view in the Swirbul Library Gallery from November 18, 2024 through December 19, 2024. It will also return in spring 2025, during Black History Month, to the University Center, Adele and Herbert J. Klapper Art Gallery, running from January 27 to February 28, 2025. Both exhibitions are free and open to the public.
Sabrina Nelson, will have a gallery talk, entitled; “Draw’em out, James Baldwin” on February 3, 2025 about Baldwin’s inspiration on her work, “I baptized myself with images of James Baldwin so I could learn who he was and is in this World, and this is me Baldwinning. I needed to learn him in the best way I could which was through my Head, Heart and Hands. Drawing and painting is my language and how I hold space.”
Please register in advance.
Complimentary lite bites will be available.
For more information, please contact the Center for African, Black & Caribbean Studies at 516.877.4980 or cabcs@adelphi.edu.
This exhibition is co-sponsored by the Center for African, Black, and Caribbean Studies and University Galleries.