BLACK CLAY
BLACK CLAY
Presented in partnership with Pottery Northwest
December 3, 2025 - March 1, 2026
ARTE NOIR, in partnership with Pottery Northwest, presents Black Clay, spotlighting over 20 artists whose work shapes clay into narrative, memory, and resistance. From African American folk traditions to surrealism, spirituality, femininity, and the lived tension between racism and liberation, Black Clay honors the lineage of Black artists whose hands transform earth into legacy. Each work becomes a vessel of imagination, culture, and the rooted creativity of African and African American communities.
Featuring the works of:
Sasa Akil
Imani Anderson
Kouassi Aragao-Romero
Michaela Ayers
Tay Baker-Johnson
Del Bey
Ronda Brown
Sierra Bundy
Lea Cook
Myia Crawford
Esther Ervin
Sally Gibson
Joanna Henry
Shirley Jackson
Bianca McPherson
Vina Nweke
Angel Ohome
Deshun Peoples
Perri Rhoden
Tammie Rubin
Veronica Smith
Ieisha Sweatmon
Willow Vergara-Agyakwa
Ebony Watts
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