This exhibition addresses the issue of place as conceptualized by contemporary African-American artists in mental, emotional, spiritual, and physical terms. The experience of place can be personal, or can embrace the larger community.   Because we are creatures of both memory and imagination, our relationship with place is an interactive one. The passage of time, the fourth dimension of space, allows us to enter the spaces of memory.   Our experience of place is further defined by how we choose to see the spaces around us.

Each of the artists in this exhibition addresses space, time and memory.  Domestic space is envisioned and imagined---shacks, doors, walls.  Public spaces appear as sites that can reflect spirituality, a sense of community, or can bridge time and cultures.  How does this fluctuating, ever-evolving sense of place, both real and imagined, reflect African-American experience in this country?  How do these artists address the distinctive position of the African-American in American culture and society, in all of its complexity?
 

We gratefully acknowledge the funding support of:

African American Arts Project of the University of Pittsburgh
African American Cultural Center of Western Pennsylvania
Center for Minority Health, University of Pittsburgh
Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield
Multicultural Arts Initiative (MCAI)
Office of Affirmative Action, University of Pittsburgh
Office of the Provost, University of Pittsburgh
Office of Public Affairs, University of Pittsburgh
 Office of the Undergraduate Dean, University of Pittsburgh
Pitt Arts, University of Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Foundation 
Women of Visions, Inc.

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