Galerie Myrtis: The Beautiful and the Damned - Artist Talk
Ronald Jackson Talk - Galerie Myrtis
Galerie Myrtis x Christie's NY
The Speculative Future of Blackness - Artists' Talk
Monica Ikegwu featured on CNN segment 'Art is Life'
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The Beautiful and the Damned asserts beauty as imagined through the lens of three African American women artists who challenge the historic limiting and unattainable standards of what is desirable. Featuring Lavett Ballard, Monica Ikegwu, and Megan Lewis.
Ronald Jackson will discuss the inspiration for his fictitious character Aunt Johnnie Mae King, and her various adventures. For the collector’s segment, individuals will share why they’ve acquired Jackson’s artwork and pose questions to the artist about his practice. Moderated by Myrtis Bedolla.
Galerie Myrtis & Christie’s Auction House: An historic collaboration between the gallery and Christie’s entitled “Time, Space, Existence: Afro-Futurist Visions.” During its Post-War to Present auction on September 29th, Christie’s will offer the works of Delita Martin (Lot 351), Morel Doucet (Lot 352), Tawny Chatmon (Lot 353), Larry Cook (Lot 354), Monica Ikegwu (Lot 355), and M. Scott Johnson (Lot 356).
The Afro-Futurist Manifesto: Blackness Reimagined: Myrtis Bedolla moderates a discussion with artists Tawny Chatmon, M. Scott Johnson, Delita Martin, and Arvie Smith, whose works offer discourse on African Americans’ socio-political concerns and pays tribute to the resiliency, creativity, and spirituality that have historically sustained Black people.
Collectors Panel Discussion: Saturday, August 24th, 5:00-7:00 pm. – The Preservation of Art, Culture, and Legacy – Panelists: Amath Gomis, Gregory Morton and William Robinson. Moderator: Myrtis Bedolla
In Between Spirits and Sisters, Delita Martin offers mixed media works that explore womanhood inspired by the Mende belief “Wherever two or three women are gathered together, there is the spirit and authority of Sande.”
Featured Artists (year of membership)
Akili Ron Anderson (1979), Kevin Cole (2003), Adger Cowans (1978), Michael D. Harris (1979), Napoleon Jones-Henderson (founding member, 1968), James Phillips (1973), Frank Smith (1973), Nelson Stevens (founding member, 1968), and Renee Stout (2017)
David Carlson: Paradigms of Structure and Change - Black and White Version
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Working with the unique qualities of painting, drawing, and video, David Carlson engages the poetics of geometry and design through the collision of gestural lines, rounded forms, and layered imagery. Spanning over several years, the bodies of work featured in Paradigms of Structure and Change are in conversation with one another as investigations into the importance of experience and reflection within the process of intuitive creation. Khadija Adell, Curator
Tea with Myrtis is a series of art salons where we engage in lively conversations with artists, art collectors and the nation’s leading arts professionals to discuss trends in the contemporary art movement. We Share in delectable treats and enjoy delicious teas!
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Galerie Myrtis - Art of the Collectors VI
Exploring the Life of Adolphus Ealey and the Barnett Aden Gallery
Lest We Forget - Closing Ceremony
Intersections Between Black Artists and Black Owned Businesses
1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, 2013, London, UK
The Contemporary - Galerie Myrtis & Shinique Smith
Hillyer Art Space 2014
Collecting 101 - Joan Hisaoka Healing Arts Gallery
Art Basel Miami Beach, 2013
Hassan Hajjaj - Gallery Visit, London, UK
Hassan Hajjaj - Studio Visit, London, UK
Dr. Diala Touré: Portrait of Louise Marie-Therese
Joaneath Spicer: Revealing the African Presence in Renaissance Europe
Curator’s Talk: Myrtis Bedolla
Lesley King Hammond, "ADORN" - Artists Lovers: Exploring the Muse
Lesley King-Hammond & Jose Mapily - Artists Lovers: Exploring the Muse
Michael Platt - Artist Lovers: Exploring the Muse
How to Care for Your Art
Sherry Bellamy-Bumbray: Finding Your Passion
Sharon Burton: Finding Your Passion
Patricia Walters: Finding Your Passion
What Art Publications Do You Recommend?
Managing Your Art Collection
Private video
Myrtis Bedolla: The Various Types of Art Collectors
Dianne Whitfield-Locke: Finding Your Passion
Darryl Atwell: Finding Your Passion
Debra Ambush: Legacy of Delilah Pierce
Joyce Scott Performance
Charly Palmer: We Love Watermelon
Charly Palmer: Tar Baby (Cornel West)
Art Basel 2009
Print Making Demonstration: Silkscreen
Print Making Demonstration: Monotype
Print Making Demonstration: Copper Plate
Print Making Demonstration: Block Print
Art Basel Miami Beach, 2010
Art Basel Miami Beach, 2009
Consumption: Food as Paradox - Artists Cake Design
Dr. Joy DeGruy Leary: Post Traumatic Slave Disorder
Artist’s Talk with Stephen Towns: Take Me Away to the Stars: The Mystery, Magic, and Myth of Nat Turner
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Take Me Away to the Stars - Stephen Towns
Tea with Myrtis: Take Me Away to the Stars
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Artist’s Talk: Myrtis Bedolla and Artist, Stephen Towns discuss his current exhibition, Take Me Away to The Stars: The Mystery, Magic, and Myth of Nat Turner. Using the historical and mythological chronicles of Nat Turner’s slave revolt, Towns explores the moral legitimacy and political efficacy of violent protest by blacks in their fight for freedom and equality. view the exhibition
Tea with Myrtis: Artist Stephen Towns and film critic Tim Gordon engage in a lively discussion about the exhibition and the timely cinematic prospective from the 2016 film The Birth of a Nation. Myrtis Bedolla will served as moderator.
About the Tea with Myrtis Panel
Stephen Towns
Stephen TownsCurrently, based out of the gritty, metropolis of Baltimore, Maryland, Mixed-Media Artist and Muralist, Stephen Towns was born in the Deep South (Charleston, South Carolina). Towns primarily works in oil and acrylic drawing much of his visual inspiration from Medieval altarpieces, Impressionist paintings and wax cloth prints. His work has been exhibited at Gallery CA, Platform Gallery, Hood College and is in the collection of the City of Charleston, South Carolina. Most recently, Towns was honored as the inaugural recipient of the 2016 Municipal Art Society of Balti- more, Travel Prize and received the Greater Baltimore Cultural Alliance Rubys Artist Grant in 2015.
Tim Gordon
Tim GordonFilm Critic, Association President, Historian, Podcaster, Award Show Founder, Adjunct Professor, Executive Director, Brand Creator, and lover of ALL things film, Tim Gordon remains a cinema innovator.
Gordon has turned his passion for film into his life’s work, seeking to educate future generations and alter the perspective of African-American portrayals on the screen and in the executive suites of Hollywood.
He began his career as a film historian studying early African-Americans in early Hollywood and its impact on current trends. In 1992, Gordon created Third Renaissance to bridge the gap between Hollywood and the African-African community. He published the company’s newsletter, The Renaissance Review, which was distributed nationally.
In 2000, Gordon created The Black Reel Reel Awards, honoring African-Americans in feature, independent and television films, as well as the online site, Reel Images Magazine, which covered the entertainment industry.
Gordon created the movie brand, “FilmGordon” in 2008, consolidating his film content and social media platforms under one umbrella.
His work has appeared in the USA Today, Variety Magazine’s prestigious Bureau of Film Critics, and has been a guest on NewsOne with Roland Martin, BET Tonight with Tavis Smiley and BET’s Screen Scene and Howard University’s Evening Exchange (WHUT-TV).
Myrtis Bedolla
Myrtis BedollaMyrtis Bedolla is founding director of Galerie Myrtis, a contemporary fine art gallery and art advisory located in Baltimore, Maryland. She was featured in the October 2013 issue of the Baltimore Style Magazine article “Women in the Arts” which honored women at the helm of the Baltimore art scene.
As a writer, Bedolla has contributed to The International Review of African American Art and Valentine Magazine; online newsletters: ARTINFO and IRAAA (International Review of African American Art). And she has written numerous exhibition essays.
In 2015, Bedolla curated two seminal museum exhibitions, “Shadow Matter: The Rhythm of Structure / Afro Futurism to Afro Surrealism” featuring the work of sculptor M. Scott Johnson held at the Charles H. Wright Museum of African America Art in Detroit, Michigan, and “Michael Gross: Abstraction” featuring painter and printmaker Michael Gross presented at American University Museum at the Katzen Arts Center in Washington, D.C.
Appointed board memberships include: the Association of African American Museums, Washington, D.C.; Art Advisory Board, University of Maryland University College, College Park Maryland; Robert Deutsch Foundation, Baltimore, Maryland; Board of Directors for the Smith Center for Healing and the Arts, Washington, D.C.; and Executive Board for the Station North Arts and Entertainment District, Baltimore, Maryland.
Bedolla is a member of ArtTable: a national organization for professional women in the visual arts. And sits on the Practicum Advisory Committee for the Masters in Curatorial Studies for Maryland Institute College of Art; Audience Committee for the Walters Art Museum; Leadership Council Committee for the Open Society Institute of Baltimore, Baltimore, Maryland; Scholarship Committee for the Congressional Black Caucus, Washington, D.C. and is a past Grant Panelist for the District of Columbia Commission for the Arts and Humanities.
Photograph courtesy Stephen Spartana
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