GRAND OPENING AND JUNETEENTH FREEDOM CELEBRATION, 2022
Saturday, June 18th – Sunday, June 19th, at: 1802 Connally Drive, East Point, GA 30344
Black Art in America Gallery
* BAIA ARTIST & COLLECTOR TALKS *
* FINE ART EXHIBITION *
* MURAL PAINTING *
* PERFORMANCES *
* SCULPTURE GARDEN TOURS *
Featuring works by Legacy and Contemporary Artists. All works available for sale. Free and open to the public.
Exhibiting Works by:
Najee Dorsey, William Toliver, James Taylor, Kevin Cole, Chinemerem Omeh, Ronald Walton, Charmaine Minniefield*, Jamaal Barber, Nnamdi Okonkwo*, Lavett Ballard, Gerald Lovell, Fabian Williams*, Jonathan Imafidor*, Judy Bowman*, Downs, Marlon Hitchcock, Alfred Conteh, Lillian Blades, Jamaal Barber, Mason Archie, Reginald Gammons, Fred Jones, Louis Delsarte, Richmond Barthe, Daphne Arthur, Najjar Abdul-Musawwir, Street Art Revolution*, David Driskell, Charles Sebree, William Carter, Abiola Akintola, Khalif Thompson, Cedric Michael Cox, etc …
PROGRAMMING
Friday, June 17th, 2022
Patron and Collectors Preview Night, (Special Invitation RSVP List Enforced)
Co-Sponsored by the Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American Art
Saturday, June 18th, 2022
9:30 AM * Ribbon cutting ceremony with remarks
10:00 AM * Opening of Gallery Exhibition.
* Garden Tour: Our Cultural Experience Related to Art and the Garden with Riyah Benoit (tours at 10:30 AM, 11:10 and 11:30, 11:50 AM, 7p, 7:45p).
* Street Art Revolution begins mural painting (public Art engagement).
10:45 AM * Panel Discussion: Black Art and Media with Stephanie Robinson and Jamaal Barber.
12:00 PM * Conversation: Collectors Making It Happen — a discussion with some of BAIA’s most active contemporary collectors
2:30 PM * Meet Team BAIA, moderated by Editor, Trelani Michelle.
3:00 PM * dei 7 free range music and poetry performances.
7:00 PM * GangGang Culture Agency with special invited D.J.
9:00 PM * Event Closes.
Sunday, June 19th, 2022
11:00 AM * Opening of Gallery Exhibition.
* Garden Tour: Our Cultural Experience Related to Art and the Garden with Riyah Benoit (tours at 11:30 AM and 12:30 AM).
* Street Art Revolution continues mural painting (public Art engagement).
11:30 AM * Artist talk – meet the artists who have public art at BAIA.
1:00 PM * Phyllis Stephens: Million Dollar Lessons on Navigating the Business of Art.
4:00 PM * Event Closes.
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Exhibiting Artist Interviews:
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For more information, please email us at: info@blackartinamerica.com
