The Brattleboro Museum & Art Center (BMAC) will present a free online talk by artist Delita Martin about her installation “Between Worlds,” which is on view in the large window bays extending across the front of BMAC’s Union Station building. The talk will take place on Wednesday, August 18, at 7:30 p.m. Register at brattleboromuseum.org.
Through her work, Martin reimagines the roles of Black women in the context of collective Black culture and African history. She reconstructs Black women’s identities by piecing together the signs, symbols, and language found in what could be called everyday life, from slavery through modern times. Martin’s goal is to use images as a visual language to tell the stories of women who have often been marginalized, offering a different perspective of the lives of Black women. She describes her work as creating a “holding” space where language and identity intersect.
Martin’s artistic process involves layering various printmaking, drawing, sewing, collaging, and painting techniques. The prints on display at BMAC are digital reproductions of her original mixed media work. They will remain on view through May 2022.
“Presenting the work of Black artists is an important priority for BMAC,” said Director Danny Lichtenfeld, “and we are thrilled to showcase Martin’s work in our public-facing front windows. In the next year, we’ll also be hosting a series of public programs, generously funded by the Vermont Humanities Council, featuring BIPOC artists and curators who use archival and historic materials to draw connections between the past and present.”
Martin’s artwork has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is in numerous collections. Most recently, her work was included in “State of the Art: Discovering American Art Now,” an exhibition that included 101 artists from around the United States. Martin received a B.F.A. in drawing from Texas Southern University and an M.F.A. in printmaking from Purdue University. A former member of the fine arts faculty at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, she currently works in Huffman, Texas, in her studio, Black Box Press.
Founded in 1972, the Brattleboro Museum & Art Center presents rotating exhibits of contemporary art, complemented by lectures, artist talks, film screenings, and other public programs. BMAC is open Wednesday-Sunday, 10-4. Admission is on a “pay-as-you-wish” basis. Located in historic Union Station in downtown Brattleboro, at the intersection of Main Street and Routes 119 and 142, the Museum is wheelchair accessible. For more information, call 802-257-0124 or visit brattleboromuseum.org.
BMAC is supported in part by the Vermont Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts. Additional support is provided by Allen Bros. Oil, Brattleboro Savings & Loan, C&S Wholesale Grocers, the Four Columns Inn, Sam’s Outdoor Outfitters, and Whetstone Station Restaurant & Brewery.
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