January 31 – May 18, 2019
PRESENCE: Meditations on the Spelman College Collection features a selection of Spelman College’s newest gifts and latest acquisitions. Organized by the Museum’s curator of collections Anne Collins Smith, C’96, the exhibition includes works by critically acclaimed artists Mequitta Ahuja, Firelei Báez, Fabiola Jean-Louis, Nandipha Mntambo, Toyin Ojih Odutola, Deborah Roberts, Berni Searle, Carrie Mae Weems, Billie Zangewa, and many others. It also features a work by Louisiana Bendolph, one of the quilters of Gee’s Bend, a gift from the Souls Grown Deep Foundation.
Installation view of PRESENCE: Meditations on the Spelman College Collection. Foreground: Charnelle D. Holloway, Seer, 1983; red brass metals, mixed media, 10.5 x 8.5 x 5 inches. Gift of Johnnetta Betsch Cole, Ph.D., president emerita of Spelman College, 2018.