Opening Celebration - Becoming the Sea: Black Rock Senegal x Harvey B. Gantt Center

As part of the Gantt Golden Year, join us to celebrate the opening of Becoming the Sea: Black Rock Senegal x Harvey B. Gantt Center. Curated by Dexter Wimberly, the exhibition highlights 12 artists who participated in the first two years of the Black Rock residency. Named for the volcanic rocks that blanket the Dakar shoreline, Black Rock is a multidisciplinary artist-in-residence program founded by renowned artist Kehinde Wiley in 2019. The residency brings together international artists to live and work in Dakar. Presenting a wide array of mediums, including painting, photography, video, sculpture, writing, and installation, Becoming The Sea reflects the unique perspectives, techniques, culture, and traditions experienced by the artists during their time at Black Rock.

Curator, Dexter Wimberly, and representatives from the Black Rock Global Arts Foundation will be in attendance. Enjoy light refreshments and participate in this enlightening artistic experience.

Dexter Wimberly is an American curator based in Japan who has organized exhibitions in galleries and institutions around the world including the Museum of Arts and Design in New York City, The Green Family Art Foundation in Dallas, KOKI Arts in Tokyo, Bode Projects in Berlin, and The Third Line in Dubai. His exhibitions have been reviewed and featured in publications including The New York Times and Artforum; and have received support from The Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, and The Kinkade Family Foundation. Wimberly is a Senior Critic at New York Academy of Art, and the founder and director of the Hayama Artist Residency in Japan. He is also the co-founder and CEO of the online education platform, CreativeStudy.