Art Talks, Interviews and The Miscellaneous
Continuing a visual conversation originated by Robles-Gordon with Successions: Traversing US Colonialism, her 2021 solo exhibition at American University Museum at the Katzen Center (curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah), Surely, she (he/we) is a little animal? expands the human-focused approach of Successions out towards the universal and the surreal. Who/what is worthy of care? Who cares for the defenseless? Who/what is defended? Incorporating the transdisciplinary study of human ecology into her practice and scope, Robles-Gordon uses the field as an anchor in her expansive investigations of race, history, the sciences and culture. The resulting new body of work rigorously explores colonialism and imperialism, global anti-blackness, child welfare and animal cruelty. Finding them all connected, just not equally, the exhibition exposes frank contradictions in American perceptions of human life, animal life and minority lives.
Surely, she is a little animal?, art series
https://www.amberroblesgordon.com/surely-she-hewe-is-a-little-animal-series-2023
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Conversation About the series "Surely, she is a little animal?" with Carmen Robles-Inman and Amber Robles Gordon.
Continuing a visual conversation originated by Robles-Gordon with Successions: Traversing US Colonialism, her 2021 solo exhibition at American University Museum at the Katzen Center (curated by Larry Ossei-Mensah), Surely, she (he/we) is a little animal? expands the human-focused approach of Successions out towards the universal and the surreal. Who/what is worthy of care? Who cares for the defenseless? Who/what is defended? Incorporating the transdisciplinary study of human ecology into her practice and scope, Robles-Gordon uses the field as an anchor in her expansive investigations of race, history, the sciences and culture. The resulting new body of work rigorously explores colonialism and imperialism, global anti-blackness, child welfare and animal cruelty. Finding them all connected, just not equally, the exhibition exposes frank contradictions in American perceptions of human life, animal life and minority lives.
Amber Robles-Gordon
www.amberroblesgordon.com
Surely, she is a little animal?, art series
https://www.amberroblesgordon.com/surely-she-hewe-is-a-little-animal-series-2023
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Feeling blessed to have been a part of this conversation. Sommer Hill @sommerfh Phylicia Rashad @phyliciarashad Amber Robles-Gordon @amberroblesgordon
Friday, December 8 2023
10:00am – 11:30am
Golden Palms | Cadillac Hotel
The Art of Influence: HBCU’s Educating the Next Generation
A panel discussion with Sommer Hill of NPR, artist Amber Robles-Gordon and Phylicia Rashad, Dean of the Chadwick A. Boseman College of Fine Arts, on the role and impact HBCU’s play as keepers of tangible materials of culture and as training grounds for the next generation of Black artists and art historians, curators and conservationists. 🙏🏾#rallypointpublicrelations @melissahunterdavis #sugarcanemagazine #bisonatbasel #miamiartweek #miamiartbasel #miamibeach ##artbaselmiamibeach
IG LIVE Dr. Kellie Morgan and Amber Robles-Gordon Sovereignty Conversation
Please join us as Dr. Kelli Morgan, Curator and Visual Artist, Amber Robles-Gordon discuss her solo exhibition titled SoveREIGNty: Acts, Forms, and Measures of Protest and Resistance at Tinney Contemporary Gallery in Nashville, Tennessee. Featuring the Successions: Traversing US Colonialism quilts.
"These amazing and accomplished thinkers will be engaging in a discussion about the impressive visual presentation and critical investigations present Amber’s current exhibition on view at our gallery: soveREIGNty: Acts, Forms, & Measures of Protest & Resistance."
Click the link to view the artwork and learn more the exhibition:
https://www.tinneycontemporary.com/sovereignty
https://www.amberroblesgordon.com/successions-traversing-us-colonialism
Tinney Contemporary is proud to present SoveREIGNty: Acts, Forms, and Measures of Protest and Resistance, a solo exhibition featuring works by multidisciplinary artist Amber Robles-Gordon. Instagram Dr. Kellie Morgan #drkellimorgan. @elli616 Amber Robles-Gordon #amberroblesgordon Tinney Contemporary @Tinney Contemporary
Amber Robles Gordon Joins Host Rob Lee on The Truth in this Art
The Truth in this Art is a storytelling series hosted by cultural curator Rob Lee. The Truth In This Art documents the vibrancy and development of arts and culture.
About the guest Amber Robles-Gordon is an American mixed media visual artist. She resides in Washington, DC and predominantly works with found objects and textiles to create assemblages, large-scale sculptures, installations and public artwork. Amber is also a 2022 Sondheim Semifinalist. "My artwork is a visual representation of my hybridism: a fusion of my gender, ethnicity, cultural, and social experiences. I impose colors, imagery, and materials that evoke femininity and tranquility with the intent of transcending or balancing a specific form. I associate working with light, color, and energy as a positive means to focus on the healing power found in the creative process and within us all. It is my belief that colors have both feminine and masculine energies and each color represents a specific aspect of nature." -
Amber Robles Gordon Celebrating 12 years of placing exceptional contemporary art in global private and public collections. Founded in 2010 in Washington, DC by curator Amy Morton, Morton Fine Art (MFA) is a fine art gallery and curatorial group that collaborates with art collectors and visual artists to inspire fresh ways of acquiring contemporary art. Firmly committed to the belief that art collecting can be cultivated through an educational stance, MFA's mission is to provide accessibility to museum-quality contemporary art through a combination of substantive exhibitions and a welcoming platform for dialogue and exchange of original voice. Morton Fine Art specializes in a stellar roster of nationally and internationally renowned artists as well as has an additional focus on artwork of the African Diaspora. Morton Fine Art founded the trademark *a pop-up project in 2010. *a pop-up project is MFA's mobile gallery component which hosts temporary curated exhibitions nationally.
The Truth In This Art The Truth In This Art is a podcast interview series supporting vibrancy and development of Baltimore & beyond's arts and culture.
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This candid conversation featured Daniel Immerwahr, author of "How to Hide an Empire: A History of the Greater United States" and visual artist Amber Robles-Gordon. They spoke regarding the threads of intersection between his book and her current solo exhibition at the American University Museum, "Successions: Traversing US Colonialism." The talk illuminated the historical underpinnings of US colonialism, Americanism, institutional racism, anti-Blackness, and their immeasurable impact in the US territories.
Amber Robles-Gordon talks "Successions: Traversing US Colonialism" with curator Larry Ossei-Mensah.
DC Artist Amber Robles-Gordon talks "Successions: Traversing US Colonialism" with curator Larry Ossei-Mensah. . "Successions" is a conceptual juxtaposition that celebrates abstraction as an art form while leveraging it as a tool to interrogate past and current US policies within its federal district (Washington, DC) and territories (including Guam, Puerto Rico, and the US Virgin Islands) that it controls.
On view at the American University Museum at the Katzen Art Center through December 12, 2021.
Learn more and plan your visit:
Curator Larry Ossei-Mensah and artist Amber Robles-Gordon chat about Robles-Gordon's solo exhibition, "Successions: Traversing US Colonialism" ahead of the exhibition's opening. On view at the American University Museum at the Katzen Art Center through December 12, 2021.On view through December 12, 2021.
Learn more and plan your visit:
https://www.american.edu/cas/museum/2021/successions.cfm
https://www.amberroblesgordon.com/successions-traversing-us-colonialism
Art in Embassies 3 Questions Digital Series
Conversation with Amber Robles-Gordon
An interview from Art in Embassies 3 Questions Digital Series with Amber Robles-Gordon, who speaks about her creative process and artwork at the U.S. Ambassador’s residence in Abuja, Nigeria.
Amber Robles-Gordon discusses her series "The Temples of My Familiars"
"The Temples of My Familiars" series is about the intersections between my identity, the diverse visual languages in my artwork and the narratives they reference. The title is most definitely borrowed from the 1989 Alice Walker novel, The Temple of My Familiar. A womanist narrative about several women of color and their evolutionary process to know self, their identity and their struggle for happiness within a patriarchal society…continued at https://youtu.be/ovSFgvdSEoo
American University, Presents Visiting Amber Robles-Gordon
Amber Robles-Gordon's, Visiting Artist presentation, hosted by American University, Studio Art Program. In preparation for her upcoming solo exhibition at the American University Museum at the Katzen Center from August 28 - December 12, 2021.
Clicks links below to view the exhibition:
https://www.amberroblesgordon.com/successions-traversing-us-colonialism
VeoBo EN VIVO con la artista Amber Robles-Gordon
Photographer, Ozzie Forbes, Anna AB, curator and owner of El cuadrado gris / The Gray Square and myself talk about my latest body of artwork, Place of Breath and Birth, created while living in Puerto Rico. https://www.amberroblesgordon.com/place-of-breath-and-birth-exhibition-puerto-rico
The Nicholson Project Presents: Artist Talk/ Conversation with Amber Robles-Gordon and Zoe Charlton
Fertile Grounds: of minds, of wombs and the earth A selection of my artwork are altar installations that represent an amalgamation of women’s issues, their relationships to society and their resiliency. These installations include an autobiographic and spiritual aspect with a metaphysical interpretation. Throughout my artwork, I play with the notions of perfect imperfection, temporality and the influence of science and sacred geometry has on the way we perceive art, our environment, and each other. In this altar installation, Fertile Grounds, I represent how plastics and other non-recyclable man-made materials have a deleterious physical, emotional and ecological impact on the health of women and of our planet. Today the Earth is unable to absorb the mass amounts of unrecyclable materials that pollute its air, soil, and waters as well as its flora and fauna. Plastics present a signification problem: Yearly, about 300 billion pounds are produced globally and less than 5% is recycled. Due to the actions of the sun, saltwater, and temperatures, plastics dumped into the oceans break into small pieces and are easily dispersed. A “floating garbage dump”, named The Eastern Pacific Garbage Patch, a circular pattern of seawater in the Pacific Ocean, like a tumor is still growing. Similarly, a woman’s body can be overwhelmed by unhealed injuries and unresolved trauma that the body cannot manage, may manifest as cysts, tumors, fibroids, and other growths. Additionally, research reveals that other plasticizers a chemical widely used in cosmetics, personal care products, have been linked to infertility, miscarriage, and other threats...
https://www.amberroblesgordon.com/fertile-grounds-of-minds-of-wombs-and-the-earth
Miscellaneous Videos
This.is.nervous.Amber!!! 😂@nmaahc@afroxmericana
Prizm Art Fair: 2019 Basel Art Talks Sponsored by University of Maryland, College Park David C. Driskell Center
December 2019
In presented In partnership with University of Maryland, College Park David C. Driskell Center Moderated by Professor Curlee R. Holton, Contemporary Artists, Kevin Cole (Atlanta), Rodney Jackson (Miami), Alfred Conteh (Fort Valley, GA), Larry Cook (Baltimore), Tawny Chatmon (Maryland), Amber Robles-Gordon (D.C.), Delita Martin (Texas) explore the following points of inquiry: 1. Who gets to determine the value and significance of a work of art? 2. What role should the artist play in the critical evaluation of a work of art? 3. When has your work been accurately evaluated and interpreted?
Miscellaneous Videos
Spectrumatic Beacon Public Artwork
https://www.amberroblesgordon.com/spectrumatic-beacon-public-art-installation SpectrumaticBeacon#commissionedpublicartwork@marthastable Featured in their new headquarters. @amberroblesgordon#Artist #Advocate #Curator #Lecturer🎼 @navashadaya Art installation by @artistseyeinstallations
Merging Culture, Color and Materialism, By Julie Wolfe
September 20, 2018
Merging Culture, Color and Materialism
By Julie Wolfe
Video Production by Lauren BerkmanOne of my favorite parts about working with The Studio Visit is the opportunity to get to know artists and learn more about their practice on a more personal, intimate level. I like to spend a little time before we begin a story to have a few one on one visits as well reading as much background information as possible.
Amber and I had this opportunity before we met at her studio on a warm overcast day to film a story about her life, work and process.
Amber Robles-Gordon is a multimedia visual artist with a joyful, positive, happy vibe. Her strikingly colorful work is a powerful fusion of ethnicity, identity, gender and cultural and social interests. Her childhood also informs her work which was filled with a wide range of challenges and the loving, nurturing support of her mother.
Amber’s family is from the Caribbean – primarily from St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico, and Antigua, West Indies. Amber was born in Puerto Rico, raised in Arlington, Virginia, and have lived in Washington DC for the last 20 years where she has successfully and ambitiously developed her career as an artist.
The following interview took place at a time when Amber was preparing for several upcoming exhibitions, which is not unusual in her world. Amber’s eloquent stories will warm your heart and give insight into her broad view of the positive and negative aspect of humanity.
Currently, amber has a solo exhibition at the Kohl Gallery at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland entitled “Material-isms: The Cultivation of Womanhood and Agency Through Materiality”.
September 6-October 10, 2018
A forthcoming solo exhibition will be at American University Katzen Art Center in the Fall 2020.
http://thestudiovisit.com/amber-robles-gorden-merging-culture-color-and-materialism/
Miscellaneous Videos
A sliver of the interview/tour I did at @nmaahc Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture , completed segment coming soon! #Art+Justice #talkingsticks#amberroblesgordon@amberroblesgordon #almathomas#georgeseurat#washingtoncolorschool Amber💋💫🎨 Robles-Gordon☪💞 mixed-media, textile, installation, & sculptress Artist/Advocate/Curator/Lecturer
Amber Robles-Gordon, Solo Exhibition At the Altar: Fruit of My Love, and Labor at Kohl Gallery
At the Altar: Fruit of My Love and Labor, represents the process of bringing forth the efforts of my daily thoughts, intentions and actions as best as I can. Then I lay them down at my altar, for myself, for my loved ones, my ancestors and for Spirit. This exhibition is specifically centered on the intersections of creating and using installation art as a form of altar. A personal altar is a dedicated space, designed and erected to celebrate or commemorate something important; an idea, a person, goal or a life intention. These installations are instruments that speak to my personal exploration of loving Spirit, loving myself, my family and specifically my son.
In 2010, when I was overtaken by a challenge in my life that was so difficult and daunting; I decided to create a personal altar. Once completed, the newly formed altar awoken me to the multiple altars already in my home, which I had previously created. Furthermore, the need to manage and document ‘the daunting” as I worked it through, lead me to create art installations in the form of altars. Hence, the series At the Altar was birthed. The first two iterations of this series were, At the Altar: From the Fruit of My Love and Labor and At the Altar: From the Depth of My Womb. These two works were specifically about cherishing myself as a women as a mother, and my relationship with my son.
Although, throughout my artwork I give voice to issues regarding the sexist and imbalanced treatment of women within a patriarchal society. The Milked series and Milked Man series both hinge on the multiple connotations and denotations associated with the words milk or milked, gender norms and biased societal expectations. Using both personal and recycled objects allows me to examine and question the societal paradigms relating to the treatment of producers or creators in contrast to their product and or creations. Through my work, I seek to examine the parallels between how humanity perceives its greatest resources, men, and women contrary to how we treat each other, our possessions and our environment. The work, The Two Sides of My Spirit is part of the Milked series and Love you entirely, Love you to everlasting pieces of existence hence…I set you free, is a part of the Milked Man series.
In 2014, I created, At The Altar: Dance of the Serpents, which represents the structural constructs of the entanglement of past and present and both the potential power and or the restrictive patterns of repetitive thinking. In this art altar, I choose the snake or serpents, the hanging ropes of dissembled hammock, rice and various religious and cultural icons to symbolize this entanglement that humans must navigate to learn, grow and be at peace with one self. @dsuarts@dsuevents_
My yogic and artistic practices and my unfettered love for Sci-Fi have inspired a healthy interest in Kundalini energy and by extension to snakes and serpents. I am fascinated by how the snake and serpent—in physically and metaphorically— manifests in society throughout the world. They are represented, in both positive and negative ways, throughout multiple religions, cultures, and mythologies. Ultimately, this work conveys my awareness of both the positive and negative aspects of this energy and illuminates the balance that occurs at their intersection.
For this iteration of At The Altar: Dance of the Serpents I have surrounded that altar with a square frame of rice. Within the rice, stands the making of an altar and prayer blanket. Depending on the time period and location within the world rice is a staple food, intricate to the rise of specific civilizations and cultural traditions. Conversely, it also has been used a tool to inflict pain as a form of punishment. Within this installation, the rice is meant to metaphysically represent the inner yet critical strife and dialogue the can occur when teaching, disciplining and quieting the mind in attempt to manage or change one’s own thoughts and or behaviors.
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EP 17: Mixed Media Visual Artist Amber Robles-Gordon
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On this episode of Contemporary Black Canvas, we had the pleasure of interviewing the mixed media visual artist, Amber Robles-Gordon. She primarily works and is known for her use of found objects and textile to create assemblages, large-scale sculptures and installations. Her work is representational of her experiences and the paradoxes within the female experience.
Robles-Gordon has over fifteen years of exhibiting, art education, and exhibition coordinating experience. She completed her Masters of Fine Arts from Howard University in November 2011, where she has received annual awards and accolades for her artwork. She has exhibited nationally and in Germany, Italy, Malaysia, London, and Spain. Throughout her career, she serves as an advocate for the Washington, DC area arts community. As of November 2004 through July 2012, Robles-Gordon has been an active member of the Black Artists DC, (BADC) serving as exhibitions coordinator, Vice President and President. Robles-Gordon is also the Co-Founder of Delusions of Grandeur Artist Collective. Tune in to this episode to learn the important female influences on Amber’s life, her artistic practices, and the power of visual journaling as a source of healing and transformation. To find out more about her work, visit her website at amberroblesgordon.com.
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Resource I rely on: Sunlight
Favorite Quote: Stay on the path – you will have no choice
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An Assistant Professor of English at Lincoln University, Pia Deas believes in the necessity of building accessible platforms by Black people and for Black people to showcase the beauty, depth, and complexity of the Black intellectual and artistic traditions.
Where to Find Amber Robles-Gordon:
https://www.amberroblesgordon.com/
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Published on Jan 10, 2017
Artists Jamea Richmond-Edwards and Amber Robles-Gordon, Co Founders of Delusions of Grandeur Artist Collective
Contemporary Black Artist Movements: Artists Jamea Richmond-Edwards and Amber Robles-Gordon, Co-Founders of Delusions of Grandeur artist collective will speak of the relevancy, evolution and power of artist collectives and artistic movements. Richmond-Edwards and Robles-Gordon, parlayed a series of conversations about personal experiences in the art world, the cultural influence and legacy of Howard University, and the examination of artist group and movements such as Spiral, Black Artists of DC, Africobfra and the Black Arts Movement to build a contemporary art cannon. Delusions of Grandeur is a collective of emerging artists brought together by a shared interest and commitment to their art, a need to provide critique and commentary on social infrastructures within American society and to contribute to the prominence of the collective black voice and presence within contemporary art. Delusions of Grandeur is comprised of artists Shaunte Gates, Jamea Richmond-Edwards, Amber Robles-Gordon, Stan Squirewell, Wesley Clarke and Larry Cook Jr.
Published on Oct 24, 2016
The exhibition presented at Galerie Myrtis, Lest We Forget examines pivotal moments and figures in US history, as well as the everyday occurrences and unknown individuals that have impacted, to various degrees, the African American experience here, and by extension, throughout the world. Featured Artists Larry Cook, Wesley Clark, Shaunte Gates, Delita Martin, Jamea Richmond-Edwards, Amber Robles-Gordon and Stan Squirewell Curated by: Jarvis DuBois and Deirdre Darden
Published on Jul 5, 2016
Anacostia Community Museums Collections and Research
Smithsonian Anacostia Community Museum Presents an interview with Washington, DC fiber artist Amber Robles-Gordon about her work and process. Robles Gordon, who is based in Washington, DC near the Anacostia Community Museum. Robles Gordon creates art from recycled materials and fiber. She sat down with the Anacostia Community Museum to discuss her practice and artwork.
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‘Art Beat’ With Sean Rameswaram
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Amber Robles-Gordon brings sculptures made from recycled materials to Southwest’s Honfleur Gallery.
(March 28-April 27) Every fiber counts
With Every Fiber of My Being is showing through late April at Honfleur Gallery in Southeast. Local artist Amber Robles-Gordon shares dozens of dream catcher-shaped sculptures made from repurposed clothing and other recycled materials.
'Art Beat' With Sean Rameswaram, Mar. 28
https://wamu.org/story/12/03/28/art_beat_with_sean_rameswaram_mar_28/
Posted March 28, 2012
MY BIG BLACK AMERICA, Exhibition Artist TALK
MY BIG BLACK AMERICA
April 19 - May 16th, 2015
Curated by Mikhaile Solomon
Corridor Gallery
334 Grand Ave
Brooklyn, NY 11238
Open to the public Sundays 12-6 and by appointment
(718) 230-5002
In Not in Our Lifetimes, author Michael C. Dawson, argues “that achieving the dreams of racial and economic equality will require the sort of coalition-building and reaching across racial divides that have always marked successful political movements”. Through works in various media presented by a diverse group of contemporary artists, My Big Black America, curated by Mikhaile Solomon, chronicles both losses and triumphs of Black America both before and during Barack Obama presidency. The group collectively measures the instances in our history of Black America against this critical point in history where we still experience marked examples of inequality and injustice, which do not solely affect Black America but damages the structural integrity of our entire nation.
Wesley Clark’s work, including the eponymous work from which the exhibition is titled, serve as metaphorical constructs that illustrates both Black America’s contribution to building our great nation as well as the endured injustice that has historically characterized the experience of many Americans.
Artists:
AMBER ROBLES GORDON
S. ROSS BROWNE
WESLEY CLARK
T. ELIOTT MANSA
CHARLIE TRAINOR SR.
JIM MORIN
RICHARD KURTZ
PABLO MARTINEZ
East of the River Arts Presents: Amber Robles-Gordon
Published on Apr 13, 2013
Amber Robles-Gordan's work is a unique blend of photography, painting and found objects that make her mixed-media pieces demand attention and wow patrons.
My Big Black America
Curated by Prizm Art Fair Director, Mikhaile Solomon
Presented by Rush Arts Gallery
Join Prizm Art Fair and Rush Arts Galleries as we present My Big Black America curated by Mikhaile Solomon. Listen to the curator and featured artists Wesley Clark and Amber Robles-Gordon talk about the exhibition and their artwork.
Artist Talk for my public artwork Beyond The Visual Rainbow.
Beyond the Visual Rainbow, Commissioned Public Artwork, Mixed Media on Chicken Wire, 48 in. x 600 in
Beyond the Visual Rainbow is a large-scale, sculptural public artwork. The foundation of the sculpture is made of 50 feet of chicken wire. The sculpture consists of hundreds of yards of fabric, different shaped, and sized objects that create varying levels of patterns, dimension, and density. Majority of the fabric was donated by residents of the Deanwood community. It features over 300 different recycled objects such as: Clothes, ribbons, rope, jewelry, leather, and other found objects. The varying fabrics are woven through the hexagonal shapes of the chicken wire in a calculated diagonal design. Through process of creating this sculpture, everyday objects will be given new meanings and represent the vitality of Deanwood.
Throughout the design and creative process I worked to reflect the vibrancy, resiliency, and diversity of the Deanwood community and residents past and present. I choose to integrate the multi-colored fabrics to honor the rich history and involvement in and love they have for their community. Additionally, the varied colors and recycled objects represents the many components, people, resources, and ideals it takes to create a thriving community.
Apprenticeship
In 2010, I was awarded an apprenticeship by the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities, (DCCAH) DC Creates Public Art Apprenticeship Program. As the apprentice, I worked with the lead artist to design, fabricate, and install a permanent public artwork at the new Deanwood Recreation Center. Throughout the apprenticeship, I was given a glimpse of the intricacies, and intersections between public artwork, government agencies, and the communities they serve. The program was designed to select the apprentice first, which occurred in 2010. Consequently, a significant part of the apprenticeship involved working with the selection panel and directly with staff of the DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities (DCCAH), Deanwood Recreation Center, DC Public Library, Ron Brown Middle School, and other organizations within the Deanwood Community. In 2011, the lead artist Cheryl Foster was chosen from a national call for artists. In 2012, I began working with Cheryl Foster and DCCAH to bring Beyond The Visual Rainbow, public artwork to completion.
As part of the apprenticeship, I led several workshop sessions regarding being an artist and the process of creating public artwork with students from the Fishing School and Seed Public Charter School. I truly enjoyed working with the students and was so pleased with their level of participation in the sessions. Thus, I allowed their interests in being a professional artist to lead portions of our sessions to include a greater discussion on the logistics of being an artist, running a business, and creating public artwork. These sessions were very inspiring.
This experience expanded my knowledge regarding creating and managing a budget, maintaining a work plan, and the process of installing a large scale public artwork. Ultimately, creating the artwork was most rewarding. The majority of the work on the 50 foot long frame was done in my home. So throughout the eight-month period, I had a personal relationship with the multi-colored and multi-layered being, day-in, and day-out.
https://beyondthevisualrainbow.blogspot.com
Emerging Voice & Vision
Introspective:Art For Joy, Love and Life
Amber Robles-Gordon received some blunt criticism during her graduate studies when she was told she couldn’t seem to separate herself from her artwork. Robles-Gordon became introspective, and identified why she’s so entrenched in her art.
Community Voice Project is a collaboration with the Department of Anthropology in the College of Arts & Sciences and the University Library. American University’s School of Communication and College of Arts and Sciences.
http://papillionart.squarespace.com/dailies/tag/amber-robles-gordon
In a city with a changing art scene, 10-year-old organization Black Artists of D.C. fosters a community of support and inspiration.
Amber Robles-Gordon is an African American artist who teaches yoga and pilates, organizes art workshops, and writes an art blog.
“[My work is] colorful, intuitive, and abstract,” Robles-Gordon said of her art, which includes three-dimensional pieces, collages and paper mosaics.
Robles-Gordon’s work was recently featured in an exhibition at the D.C. Arts Center called “Black” that focused on artists’ personal perceptions of blackness. Her work personifies a growing black art movement in the District that is often overlooked.
A Supportive Art Family
Since 2004, Robles-Gordon, 32, has been active in Black Artists of D.C., a growing art organization with about 400 members.
“I just jumped in, and at that time there was a wonderful group, but there wasn’t a whole lot of structure,” she said of the organization, which elected her president in 2009.
Robles-Gordon has been a leader in the group since she joined, curating exhibits and publicizing the organization. She cites Black Artists of D.C. as a major support system.
“My family’s not here,” she said of relatives in her native Puerto Rico and St. Thomas, “so I was searching not only for artists; I was also searching for family, and it was like I inherited an artistic family.”
The group, which partners with other organizations and has strong ties to Howard University, provides inspiration to Robles-Gordon and other members.
“Beyond what they gave me in terms of love and support, I also learned so much,” she said.
Read more and view interviews with artists Amber Robles-Gordon and Michael Platt, Janell Blackmon, art history professor at Howard University and Norman Parish owner of the Parish Gallery in Georgetown... http://onlinejournalismworkshop.com/artists/story.html
Artist Amber Robles-Gordon, talk about her art series Hybridity, Race, and Womanhood…
My theory is my artistic compositions mirror my meld of ethnicity, cultural, and social experiences. Hence, hybridity, a critical part of my identity and is both the inspiration and the methodology of my artistic creations. “Hybridity is defined as anything of mixed origin that has been used in contemporary theory to describe those people whose identities are derived simultaneously from many cultural origins and ethnicities.”
Amber Robles-Gordon speaks about her artwork with visiting Africobra members.
Published on Sep 18, 2009
Amber speaks about her artwork with visiting Africobra members.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AfriCOBRA
An outstanding art walk with host Phillipa Hughes, from The Pink Line Project, around the Bloomingdales neighborhood in Washington, DC. Featured Artists Amber Robles-Gordon, BK Adams…
1st Part of a series of short documentaries. Shot/Edited and Colored by Francisco Campos-Lopez Contact: CDE FilmWORKS francisco@citydance.net
https://www.philippahughes.com
Amber Robles-Gordon
Published on Mar 5, 2009
Thoughts About What It Means to Be An Artist, To Create, and Share Your Passion!
Terry deBardelaben and Amber Robles-Gordon sharing their thoughts about what is means to be an artist, to create, to share your passion! Video by Johnnie Bess.
Terry deBardelaben, Sculptor, http://www.art.howard.edu/faculty-staff/faculty/terry-debardelaben/
Johnnie Bess, http://www.johnniebess.com
Amber Robles Gordon, www.amberroblesgordon.com
Black Artists of DC Presents…Convergence of Vision: The Power of Art Black Artists of DC (BADC)
Convergence of Vision: The Power of Art Black Artists of DC (BADC)
Presents First Public Institution Exhibit At Prince Georges Community College WASHINGTON, DC Bringing together multiple ideas, expressions, and experiences to create the ultimate masterpiece, a collective vision through the power of art this is what Black Artists of DC (BADC) seeks to accomplish through their exhibit, Convergence of Vision: The Power of Art, showing at the Prince Georges Community Colleges (PGCC) Marlborough Gallery from September 18th October 12th.
The exhibit will be the groups first showing at a public institution, and is apart of the PGCCs initiative to advance the arts and music. Convergence will feature the work of 34 of the groups artists as they seek to make a unified artistic statement. The aim of this exhibit is to demonstrate how the vision of these individual artists can be collected, organized, and focused to make a statement of power, beauty, and eloquence, says Amber Robles-Gordon, BADC artist and curator of the show. In addition to the convergence of art concepts in each piece, this partnership between BADC and PGCC represents their convergence of vision, which is one of aligning art, education and community development. To foster the relationship of these, the group will also host weekly author talks on a variety of topics. As a group, BADC seeks to engage and educate our community in the history and value of Black art, says Claudia Gibson-Hunter, BADC facilitator. There is such a wealth of artistic talent in the Washington metropolitan area, and we want to expose our community to the hidden treasures they have right in their own backyards.
An opening reception for the exhibit will take place on Saturday, September 23rd, from 3:00 5:00 p.m. A schedule of weekly artists talks will follow. For more information, please visit: www.blackartistsofdc.org/ www.badcblog.blogspot.com http://academic.pgcc.edu/artnmusic/ga....
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Press Contacts:
Amber Robles-Gordon, BADC Curator, (240) 417-4888, aroblesgordon@yahoo.com Thomas Berault, Director, PGCC Marlboro Gallery (301) 322-0965, tberault@pgcc.edu
Black Artists of DC (BADC) is a community of artists and those who love art. Formed in 1999, the groups purpose is to promote, develop and validate the cultural and artistic expressions of artists of African ancestry in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. With a membership of more than 200, the group coordinates workshops, artist talks, peer studio visits and other art enrichment activities, with an emphasis on educating the public and one another.
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