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Sugah: Black Love Endures
Gimmie summa dat sugah, baby!
Black love just hits different. Whether it’s an auntie, a best friend, or a lover, Black love is an ever-expanding realm of deep, intimate connection. Black love is parents and grandparents asking, ''Did you get enough to eat?” or when your best friend reminds you that they are your ride or die. Black love is unapologetic, radical self-love despite popular cultural norms.
From long embraces to soulful gazes, “Sugah” (pronounced SHU-gah), celebrates the depth and beauty of Black love in all its forms. It is a proclamation of resistance and a declaration of worth. It is a sultry exploration of another’s tender heart. It is an affirmation that your existence is intentional and needed. Rooted in a culture that remains unshakable by the tremors and torments of a turbulent history, Black love endures.
Black love endures.
With this theme in mind, we invite self-identifying Black artists in Virginia to submit completed works on their interpretation of all forms of Black love. All mediums will be considered: visual arts (including photography & film), performance arts, musicians, etc.
There is no application fee to submit for this exhibition. Please submit your entries using the link below.
Art Submission Form: https://forms.gle/CNhzwRaxFpdD4bUg7 Questions? Contact CBAC here: Questions about Sugah
Important Dates:
Sunday, June 30, 2024 at 11:59pm - Submission Deadline
Friday, August 2, 2024 - Artist Selection Notification
Friday, September 6, 2024 - Show opens @mcguffeyartcenter
Blackity Black Black
Blackity Black Black is an embrace of our culture. It represents the many hues and shades of our Black skin, our Black heritage, our Black people. This is our power and presence. This is a proclamation that we will never be ashamed of who we are. We will never think ourselves worthy of less because we are a proud people and we will take up space, make ourselves at home, stretch out and get comfortable. We are here to stay. We are here to be heard and seen, honored and loved, appreciated and acknowledged. We are here to celebrate everything that is blackness. This exhibition will be a statement of our people, presence, and pride. It will be all Blackity Black Black everything.
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