Artist Talk
Artist Talk
Artist Talk
Film Screening – Daughters of the Dust
Parkway Theater
5 W. North Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21201
Ticket Price: $12
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Galerie Myrtis invites you to join Myrtis Bedolla in conversation with artist Delita Martin who will discuss the Julie Daniels’ 1991 film Daughters of the Dust, and its influence on her work and current series Between Spirits and Sisters.
The program will begin with an introduction of the movie by curator of film, Sterling Warren who will talk about its cultural and historical significance. Warren’s talk will be followed by the screening of Daughters of the Dust. At the conclusion of the film, Bedolla and Martin will engage in dialogue as Martin reflects on the bond amongst women in her family, how those relationships are reflected in her work, and her quest to preserve passed down traditions.
Left Image: Still image from Daughters of the Dust, 1991
Right Image: Delita Martin, Blue Dress and Colored Dreams, Gelatin printing, acrylic, hand-stitching, and conte, 84″ x 53″, 2015.
MEET THE ARTIST
Delita Martin is an artist currently based in Huffman, Texas. She received a BFA in drawing from Texas Southern University and an MFA in printmaking from Purdue University. Formerly a member of the Fine Arts faculty at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Martin currently works as a full-time artist in her studio, Black Box Press.
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Martin’s solo exhibition Between Spirits and Sisters is currently on view at Galerie Myrtis until February 2, 2019.
CURATOR OF FILM
Sterling Warren is a writer, artist and curator based in Baltimore. A native of Washington D.C., Sterling graduated from Howard University’s School of Communications, receiving a BA in Film. He is currently a graduate student in the Museum Studies and Historical Preservation program at Morgan State University. Sterling has collaborated with several art and history institutions including the James E. Lewis Museum of Art, the Maryland Historical Society, the Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum, the Walters Art Museum, and Galerie Myrtis (where he is currently the curator of film).
Photograph by Akea Brown
FOUNDING DIRECTOR, GALERIE MYRTIS
Myrtis Bedolla is founding director of Galerie Myrtis, a contemporary fine art gallery and art advisory located in Baltimore, Maryland. Voted, Best Gallery by the Baltimore Sun in 2017, Bedolla has also been featured in BMORE Art magazine, Issue 3, Living with Art: Myrtis Bedolla Builds a Home and Gallery in Old Goucher and in the Baltimore Style Magazine, October 2013 issue Women in the Arts which honored women at the helm of the Baltimore art scene.
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Photograph courtesy: photography.spartana.com
Artist Talk
Between Spirits and Sisters – Film Screening – Daughters…
Between Spirits and Sisters by Delita Martin
Film Screening: Daughters of the Dust
Parkway Theater
5 W. North Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21201
Galerie Myrtis invites you to join Myrtis Bedolla in conversation with artist Delita Martin who will discuss the Julie Dash’s 1991 film Daughters of the Dust, and its influence on her work and current series Between Spirits and Sisters.
The program will begin with an introduction of the movie by curator of film, Sterling Warren who will talk about its cultural and historical significance. Warren’s talk will be followed by the screening of Daughters of the Dust. At the conclusion of the film, Bedolla and Martin will engage in dialogue as Martin reflects on the bond amongst women in her family, how those relationships are reflected in her work, and her quest to preserve traditions that have been passed down through generations.
Left Image: Still image from Daughters of the Dust, 1991
Right Image: Delita Martin, Blue Dress and Colored Dreams, Gelatin printing, acrylic, hand-stitching, and conte, 84″ x 53″, 2015.
Meet The Artist
Delita Martin is an artist currently based in Huffman, Texas. She received a BFA in drawing from Texas Southern University and an MFA in printmaking from Purdue University. Formerly a member of the Fine Arts faculty at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, Martin currently works as a full-time artist in her studio, Black Box Press.
read full bio
Martin’s solo exhibition Between Spirits and Sisters is currently on view at Galerie Myrtis until February 2, 2019.
The Film
Daughters of the Dust: Members of the Peazant family struggle with the decision to leave their island and move north. On the eve of their departure, memories of their Gullah history and its African roots come rising to the surface. Running time: 112 minutes, PG
Director: Julie Dash
Curator of Film
Sterling Warren is a writer, artist and curator based in Baltimore. A native of Washington D.C., Sterling graduated from Howard University’s School of Communications, receiving a BA in Film. He is currently a graduate student in the Museum Studies and Historical Preservation program at Morgan State University. Sterling has collaborated with several art and history institutions including the James E. Lewis Museum of Art, the Maryland Historical Society, the Lillie Carroll Jackson Civil Rights Museum, the Walters Art Museum, and Galerie Myrtis (where he is currently the curator of film).
Photograph by Akea Brown
Founding Director, Galerie Myrtis
Myrtis Bedolla is founding director of Galerie Myrtis, a contemporary fine art gallery and art advisory located in Baltimore, Maryland. Voted, Best Gallery by the Baltimore Sun in 2017, Bedolla has also been featured in BMORE Art magazine, Issue 3, Living with Art: Myrtis Bedolla Builds a Home and Gallery in Old Goucher and in the Baltimore Style Magazine, October 2013 issue Women in the Arts which honored women at the helm of the Baltimore art scene.
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Photograph courtesy: photography.spartana.com
Exhibitions
Black Man in a Black World
Tight Rope (detail), Oil on canvas, 40″ x 30″, 2014, by Arvie Smith
Black Man in a Black World
September 2 – November 18, 2017
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Black Man in a Black World features works by Wesley Clark, Larry Cook, Johnnie Lee Gray, and Arvie Smith. Through internal ruminations and visual explorations of historical perspectives and contemporary realities of blackness this exhibition offers individual and collective visions of the multi-faceted intersections of black male identity. Through multimedia presentations of painting, sculpture, printmaking, and photography Black Man in a Black World aims to center the black male perspective through the agency and distinctiveness of their own voices. The reclamation of ownership of the visual representations of black male consciousness and identity, by black male artists, requires the kind of boldness, passion, and honesty that has the power to viscerally ignite the soul and spark a transformation of self and community.
Artwork
The God Seed, Oil paint on wood, acrylic and barbed wire, 11"H x 7"W x 3/4"D, 2017, by Wesley Clark
Factualism, Oil paint, shellac, and wood, 37"H x 34"W, 2017 by Wesley Clark
Dark Matter, Oil paint on wood, rusted metal hinges, 2017 by Wesley Clark
Found, Oil paint, shellac, and plywood, 62"H x 48"W, 2010 by Wesley Clark
Face Off 1, Archival Ink Jet Print, 40" x 30", unframed 2/3, 2014 by Larry Cook
Face Off 2, Archival Ink Jet Print, 40" x 30", unframed 2/3, 2014 by Larry Cook
The Call, Direct Polymetal Print, 40" x 50", 1/3, 2017 by Larry Cook
Do For Self, Installation with fragrance oil, wood display and velour wall shelf, 24" x 5.5" x 10" inches, 2017 by Larry Cook
Johnnie Lee Gray, The Revolution: Separate But Equal - Jim Crow Series, N.D., Acrylic on plywood, 1 of 3, 20 5/8"H x 27 5/8"W (framed), Provenance: Collection of Mrs. Shirley Sims Gray
Johnnie Lee Gray, The Revolution: We Shall Overcome - Jim Crow Series, N.D., Acrylic on plywood, 2 of 3, 20"H x 26 5/8"W (framed), Provenance: Collection of Mrs. Shirley Sims Gray
Johnnie Lee Gray, The Revolution: Separate But Equal - Jim Crow Series, N.D., Acrylic on plywood, 3 of 3, 20"H x 23 5/8"W (framed), Provenance: Collection of Mrs. Shirley Sims Gray
Minstrel's Guide, Monotype, 30"x 22", 2017 by Arvie Smith
Push Back, Monotype, 30"x 22", 2017 by Arvie Smith
Sampson Bring Down the House, Monotype, 30" x 22", 2017 by Arive Smith
Strange Tale, Monotype, 30" x 22", 2017 by Arvie Smith
The Fighter, Monotype, 22" x 30", 2017 by Arvie Smith
Sampson and the Lion, Monotype, 22" x 30", 2017
Tight Rope, Oil on canvas, 40″ x30″, 2014, by Arvie Smith
Crackers and the Eucharist, Oil on canvas, 52" x 44" by Eric Telfort
Programming Schedule:
Film
Nothing But a Man (1964), 92 mins
October 8, 2017
2:00 – 4:00 pm
“Nothing But A Man” is the first of two films selected to screen in tandem with the exhibition “Black Man in a Black World.” Following the screening there will be a panel discussion with guest panelist Raél Jero Salley, and film curators Sterling Warren and Alexander Hyman, about the role of cinema in the historical and contemporary portrayal of black male identity.
Synopsis: A young black man in 1963 Alabama loves a minister’s daughter, works hard, and is put upon, oppressed, and called boy by everyone with whom he comes in contact; he wants to be nothing but a man. view trailer
Artists’ Talk
October 14, 2017
4:00 – 6:00 pm
Join Wesley Clark, Larry Cook and Arvie Smith for a lively discussion about their inspiration and thoughts about their artwork.
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Film
The Spook Who Sat by the Door (1973), 102 mins.
November 11, 2017
2:00 – 4:00 pm
“The Spook Who Sat by the Door” is the second of two films selected to screen in tandem with our current exhibition “Black Man in a Black World.” Following the screening there will be a panel discussion.
Synopsis: The film tells a credible tale of a Black CIA agent who rebels against his role as a racial token and uses his training in counterrevolutionary tactics to organize a guerrilla group in Chicago to fight racism. The story proved so controversial that United Artists was content to let The Spook Who Sat by the Door sink out of sight, although it did attract an avid following among scholars and fans of African-American cinema.
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Myrtis Bedolla, Curator; Khadija Nia Adell, Co-curator; Alexander Hyman and Sterling Warren, Curators of Film & Music.