COLD HANDS, WARM HEART: MYTHS OF BLACK WOMANHOOD BY DEIRDRE DARDEN
January 13 - February 29, 2020
Reception: Saturday, January 18, 5-8 pm
Artists Talk: Saturday, February 15, 2-4 pm
Curator Deirdre Darden has assembled a thoughtful and poignant group exhibition featuring artists: Asha Elana Casey, Amber Robles Gordon, Helina Metaferia, and Tsedaye Makonnen.
To have "cold hands and a warm heart" means to appear stern on the outside while being truly tender within. Black women are often accused of being intimidating, mad, or stern yet equally given a nurturing, mothering label. This multidisciplinary group exhibition will examine the double consciousness that black people, especially women possess. Removing the mask we wear to reveal what is really underneath; the side we give to our families, communities, and ancestral worlds.