Calida Rawles, Away with the Tides Artist Talk

You are invited to an engaging afternoon at the Spelman College Museum of Fine Art as we present an opening conversation for Away With the Tides, featuring artist Calida Rawles in dialogue with curator Rhea L. Combs. This special program offers an opportunity to hear directly from the artist about her work, creative process, and the themes explored in the exhibition. The conversation will also provide insight into the curatorial vision behind the exhibition and its broader cultural context.

Event Details
Date: Saturday, March 28, 2026
Time: 2 p.m. EST
Location: Camille Olivia Hanks Cosby, Ed.D. Academic Center Auditorium, Spelman College

We look forward to welcoming you for this thought-provoking conversation celebrating art, storytelling, and community.

Calida Rawles: Away with the Tides: Internationally recognized for her intricate and delicate acrylic on canvas paintings, Spelman alumna Rawles, C'98, blends hyperrealism with poetic abstraction and situates her subjects in dynamic, undulating spaces. Her recent work utilizes water as a vital, organic, and multifaceted element—as well as a historically charged space that concomitantly represents racial exclusion and individual healing.

Calida Rawles: Away with the Tides bridges the past and present, delving into the experience of Black people in America. Rawles partnered with Pérez Art Museum Miami and members of the historically Black community of Overtown in Miami to discover the interwoven narratives of place, memory, and belonging that animate her practice.

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