UPCOMING EXHIBITION FROM THE SACATAR ARCHIVES

Artists and Place is curated by Bia Gayotto, and co- organized by the California African American Museum and Art + Practice. CAAM at A+P is a five-year collaboration.

Below: Karen Hampton, Shape Shifter, 2016. Repurposed cotton textile, pigment, (cotton, silk, synthetic yarn and thread), 78 × 461⁄2 in. Courtesy the artist.

Curated by Sacatar Fellow Bia Gayotto (Brazil > USA, 2018), Bahia Reverb will document how residencies at the Instituto Sacatar re-orient and enrich the artwork of North American artists of African descent. Ten times more Africans were enslaved and brought to Brazil than the United States, and the cultural ramifications of the African diaspora took different courses in North and South America, as seen in the artists’ expanded awareness after time spent in Bahia.

“This photo brings back many happy memories of my time at Sacatar! It was such a pleasure to have these beautiful young people collaborating with me to make this artwork we called “Different Worlds” for the Itaparica Library. Even though we spoke different languages, we communicated!”

Jane Ingram

Allen (Visual Arts / USA / 2002) writing in February 2023

Jane Ingram Allen (Visual Arts / USA, 2002) stands with two of the students who helped her produce the large-scale hand-made paper installation in the background. The photo was taken in January 2002 at an exhibition held at the Juracy Magalhães Public Library in Itaparica.