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What Has Impacted Black Artist Equity and Generational Wealth, and What Black Artists Are Doing to Change This Trajectory! "Raising the BAAR" in Art, Culture, and Society - Diversity Edit and Artpreneurs(c)
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- Visual Arts
During this voice bite Ashara Ekundayo talks about the lack of Black artist equity and how White supremacy and racism has impacted the lack there of as it relates to Black art, artists and their opportunity to enjoy generational wealth. She also discusses how artists are in one of the best positions to make decisions about their own works and how institutions present, align and engage with networks that matter to them. Black artists are now demanding that institutions authentically make space for collectors of color and/or collectors from their communities as well as put mechanisms in place for collectors to see, acquire and support works from artists of color and their craft.
Cover Art utilized for the full episode: Christopher Burch, Place is the Space, 2022, Oil enamel paint, 20ft x 40ft
During this voice bite Ashara Ekundayo talks about the lack of Black artist equity and how White supremacy and racism has impacted the lack there of as it relates to Black art, artists and their opportunity to enjoy generational wealth. She also discusses how artists are in one of the best positions to make decisions about their own works and how institutions present, align and engage with networks that matter to them. Black artists are now demanding that institutions authentically make space for collectors of color and/or collectors from their communities as well as put mechanisms in place for collectors to see, acquire and support works from artists of color and their craft.
Cover Art utilized for the full episode: Christopher Burch, Place is the Space, 2022, Oil enamel paint, 20ft x 40ft
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