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Join the Zoom Reception, October 8th at 4 PM!

This year has been one of multiple destructive forces, over which we have little control. Among the many, the Global Pandemic, out of control fires in the West, raging hurricanes in the South, Coastal and inland flooding, Protests, Riots, Looting, Hate Crimes, Police Violence against African-Americans and an increase in Racism. Black Lives Matter has come to the forefront through all the destructive and violent behavior. Many people are reacting in negative (destructive) ways to this.

I offer two thoughtful quotes, the first is attributed to Morgan Freeman:

“I don’t want a Black History month. Black history is American history; there is no white history month, The only way to end racism is to stop talking about it.”

I don’t know who first wrote this one:

I say “Black Lives Matter” because “all” didn’t cover Black when they said “All men are created equal.”

I say “Black Lives Matter” because “all” didn’t cover Black when they said “With liberty and justice for all.”

I say “Black Lives Matter” because they are still struggling with the definition of “all.”

Enjoy the show!

Joel T. Keener, Curator

 

Artist’s Statement
I am a first-year here at Cheyney and I would like to introduce my work “Black Lives More Than Matter”. The title “Black Lives More Than Matter” comes from the fact that my people have endured some form of oppression in every type of way since we were forcefully taken here from West Africa and haven’t received any form of rightful compensation (reparations) for dealing with such great trauma for so long. What you see in my poster portrait are hand-drawn posters from protests in today’s era and those dating back a few centuries ago to show how we are still valued as the lesser man (i.e. things haven’t changed significantly). This stress, as sympathy would have you imagine, is an enormous one that fuels the fire towards hostility that we currently see from the Black Community towards America today(hence the eyes & tears).

Artist’s Statement

This project is titled Black History

This series of photos captivates the Black individual in America. In these photos, you can see I am wearing my father’s Military Uniform. My family’s military history goes back very far. In these photos, you can the chains and still around me and holding me back. Even though my family has fought for certain freedoms still in 2020 we are not completely free. Here I stand outside a building on a campus established in 1837 to further the education of Black people. Still, I am held back by racist ideas in a country that still has much work to do before we are all truly equal.

 

Price List
Prints are available $100 for 16×20

Dizzy
24 x 36
Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Color Pencil

$500

Fake News
30 x 40
Acrylic, Oil Pastel, Color Pencil

$1500

Our Hero
36 x 48
Acrylic, Oil Pastel

$700

Beauty of Night (Print)
16 x 20
$100

When A Child Prays
16 x 20
Print
$100

Coffee
16 x 20
Print
$100

Made In America
24 x 36
Acrylic
$500

16×20
Print
$100

Electric Womb
16×20
Print
$100

Under the Pale Moon Light
16 x 20
Print
$100

Rain on Me
16 x 20
Print
$100

Artist’s Statement

Dane Bard is a visual artist from Philadelphia with a BA in Fine Art. Dane specializes in camera operation, non-linear video editing, drawing, painting and graphic design. Paintings are inspired by the idea of giving visuals to feelings primarily through portraiture. Paintings have gradually evolved to more spiritual expressions from a form of catharsis as well as using faces to depict the idea that we mask our emotions.

Negro Spirituals

https://youtu.be/rqbDBqrtqBA

 

Additional information.
Negro Spirituals
Composer/Arrangement By: Kendrah Butler-Waters
Vocalist: V. Shayne Frederick
Bassist: Nimrod Speaks
Drummer: Darryl Jackson
Dancer/Choreographer: Lauren Putty White
Footage Edited Using Final Cut Pro X
Footage Captured with:
Nikon D3100
Lenses:
24mm-70mm f3.5 – f/5.3
35mm f/1.8
85mm f/1.8
Glide Cam
ND Filter