Art as Activisim

Dance, Community and Social Change


Mary Schmidt Campbell Center for Innovation and the Arts (CI&A) Bank of America Gallery
Date: Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025
Time: 3 - 4:15 p.m.

Join faculty, Kathleen Wessel, MFA, Spelman Dance, Aurielle Marie, ASJ Artist Fellow, and Dr. Julie B. Johnson, ASJ Faculty Fellow.

Nancy Elizabeth Prophet:
I Will Not Bend an Inch
Sept. 5 - Dec. 6, 2025

Rooted in Spelman College’s enduring commitment to Black women’s intellectual and
creative excellence, this exhibition brings artist and educator Nancy Elizabeth Prophet — a foundational figure in the creation of Spelman’s art program—back to celebrate her enduring legacy.

Nancy Elizabeth Prophet

Repossessions
Oct. 17, 2025 - May 1, 2026

Repossessions presents the work of six Black artists commissioned by The Reparations Project to create artworks based on objects and documents from the enslavement and Jim Crow eras in the United States.

Repossessions

Chelle Barbour, Surreal Plantation, 2023 (detail)
Photomontage and Collage | Courtesy of the artist, Commissioned by The Reparations Project

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