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Join us this Thursday, March 9 at 6 PM for In Conversation Series with artist Juan Logan and Michael S. Williams of the Black on Black Project.
Logan is a prolific North Carolina artist whose work is on view now as part of Promise as well as included in CAM's permanent collection.
Logan's work can also be found in other collections including the Whitney Museum of American Art, the Philadelphia Museum of Art, the Gibbes Museum of Art, the Baltimore Museum of Art, the Memphis Brooks Museum, the Zimmerli Museum of Art, and the Boulder Museum of Contemporary Art. Most recently, his piece Some Clouds are Darker became part of the Smithsonian's National Museum of African American History and Culture.
Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Juan Logan now lives and works in Belmont, North Carolina. Logan’s artworks address subjects relevant to the American experience. At once abstract and representational, his paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, and videos address the interconnections of race, place, and power. They make visible how hierarchical relations and social stereotypes shape individuals, institutions, and the material and mental landscapes of contemporary life.
Michael S. Williams is about fostering community. He spent 15 years in media at The News & Observer where, among several roles, he was the curator of ArtsNowNC.com and managing editor of the triangle.com and Triangle Today publications.
A graduate of North Carolina Central University in Durham, Williams founded the Black On Black Project as an extension of the first Black On Black exhibit, which Williams guest curated with Linda Dallas at VAE in 2016. The BOB Project works with artists of color on exhibitions and events that discuss issues affecting the community and seeks to bring communities closer together by promoting the principle of equity.
He has been a mentor at Neighbor2Neighbor in Southeast Raleigh, is currently working with the youth at DREAMs of Wilmington in the Port City, helping them engage with artists through community programs. | 