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