The Weeksville Heritage Center in Brooklyn is home to one of the oldest settlements for free Blacks in New York, and is now home to the “Our Story” art exhibition.
Weeksville has developed over the years to preserve the history cultivated by those who worked, lived and played in the area. “Our Story” was curated by Fulton Art Fair, a local organization dedicated to showcasing fine and performing arts in New York. The exhibition features the work of nine artists and details therooted in the Weeksville community: “self determination, ownership, self empowerment, racial equality, and social justice.
“I love photography and I thought that the photograph was extremely relevant to the current period,” said Tomlinson, a member of Fulton Art Fair. “From a photographer’s point of view, you can see there’s a certain kind of emotion in it, [the art]. I wanted to capture what I thought the photographer was trying to reach in a different medium.”
Other artists such as Sadikisha Collier took different approaches while still conveying the meaning of Weeksville and its Black community. Collier calls her work a conversation piece as it is titled, “What’s Going On.” It features two Black women with afros conversing while carrying Pan-African themed purses as they walk through their community. There are other details that are not upfront, but still central to the message being conveyed.
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