Making Time
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Hi, I’m Bianca — Artist, Professor, & Creative Strategist living in Los Angeles. In case you are new here or if a reminder could help, this newsletter began as an exploration of figuring things out, one day at a time. Upgrade to a paid subscription to make sure you never miss out on the really good stuff.
Upcoming Solo Exhibition
I am incredibly honored to be invited by CIRCA: Queer Histories Festival and The William Grant Still Art Center (WGSAC) in West Adams to host my next solo show.
Making Time • October 7th - November 4th
The William Grants Still Art Center
Making Time is a mixed media exhibition by artist Bianca Nozaki-Nasser that uses dreaming to restore queer time in the archive. The works use a speculative methodological approach as an invitation to build a more liberated present and future.
A Space for Radical Art
Since WGSAC’s founding in 1977 it has welcomed radical artists, community organizers, and cultural workers.
🎼 WGSAC is named for the late Dr. William Grant Still (1895-1978), the highly acclaimed Black composer who lived in the West Adams neighborhood.
🖼 WGSAC is home to the mural “Troubled Island,” created by artist Noni Olabisi. The mural tells the story of the 1791 slave rebellion in Haiti which inspired William Grant Still's opera. Olabisi began the Center's mural in December 2002 and completed the project in August 2003 with assistance from artist and Black Panther Charles "Boko" Freeman.
🪆 One of WGSA’s most notable programs is The Black Doll exhibition. It was originally curated by Cecil Fergerson in response to the famous 1940s doll test and has continued to run for over 40 years.
Panelist Discussion
Leslie Foster, Bianca Nozaki-Nasser, Monica Bailey, & Umi Hsu
October 28th - 3:00pm - 4:30pm
The William Grants Still Art Center
In addition to the exhibition, join artists and community organizers Leslie Foster (Level Ground), Bianca Nozaki-Nasser, Monica Bailey (WGSAC), and Umi Hsu (ONE Archives) for a community discussion on their work, speculative archiving, and the power of dreaming as a practice.
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📖 CIRCA Programming
🪆 WGSAC’s 2023 Call For Black Dolls
🌇 Troubled Island & Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles
🖌 Charles "Boko" Freeman
🎨 Noni Olabisi
🖼 Cecil Fergerson