CURATORIAL PROJECTS
2023-2025
BLACK WOMAN GENIUS
During my time at the Reginald F. Lewis Museum, I was able to assist with the curation of BLACK WOMAN GENIUS, a showcase of works by Elizabeth Talford Scott alongside a host of contemporary Black, Woman artists.
“Talford Scott’s early work, Stamps and Flags (1980), is the centerpiece of this exhibition positioning the artist as the mother figure to the featured Black women fiber artists, embodying the genius of their experiences. Talford Scott’s work is showcased alongside contemporary artists from the Chesapeake area in thematic groupings on ancestry, tradition, fiber narrative, and healing. Featured artists include Kibibi Ajanku, Aliana Grace Bailey, Aliyah Bonnette, Mahari Chabwera, Murjoni Merriweather, Joyce J. Scott, Nastassja Swift, Glenda Richardson, and Katherine Stewart Wilson. These intergenerational connections pay homage to the artist’s enduring legacy in the evolving realm of fiber arts. EDS student curators: Joseph Taylor, Simeng True”
Read More at BMoreArt.Com: https://bmoreart.com/2024/07/the-work-of-elizabeth-talford-scott-in-good-company-at-the-reginald-f-lewis-museum.html
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Gallery view of Black Woman Genius. Photo by Brian O'Doherty.
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Joyce J. Scott, New Hammond Family, 1981, vintage cotton doilies, leather gloves, beads, photographs, Mola appliqué and raffia fiber.
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Aliana Grace Bailey, of labor and love, 2024, collage on 100% cotton, water-based pigment inks and dyes, thread, blessing notes, family cloth, hand dyed cotton. Collection of the Reginald F. Lewis Museum of Maryland African American History and Culture. Photo by Brian O'Doherty.
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Elizabeth Talford Scott, Stamps and Flags II, 1980, fabric, thread, mixed media, collection of Leslie King Hammond via The Estate of Elizabeth Talford Scott at Goya Contemporary (TALP).
No Stone Left Unturned:
The Elizabeth Talford Scott Initiative
BLACK WOMAN GENIUS was one of multiple exhibitions being showcased for MICA’s Exhibition Development Seminar Elizabeth Talford Scott Initiative.
“The No Stone Left Unturned: The Elizabeth Talford Scott Initiative brings together five museums and four university sites across Baltimore City for a reunion of Talford Scott’s work from February through May 2024. Each venue had students from the participating colleges—Coppin State University, Johns Hopkins University, MICA, and Morgan State University—working on a presentation of the artist’s work for their gallery spaces and organizing a free public program. Under the guidance of 2023-24 EDS Instructor Deyane Moses, the students met with the artist’s estate at Goya Contemporary Gallery to learn about Talford Scott’s legacy and met with staff from each location to determine the curatorial direction of their presentation and draw out connections to each organization’s collection, space, history, and/or audience.”
