This is America 2020

July 10 - October 4, 2020

The 2nd Annual This is America exhibition is a consciously curated group show with visual artworks by 20 exceptional artists from traditionally overlooked vantage points, responding to patriotism and the current times. Works on display are as diverse as the artist profiles and include, but are not limited to, paintings, drawings, digital and mixed media collages, relief prints, photography, sculptures, conceptual installations and wearable art.

This Is America is meant to, both, corroborate and challenge the notion of Americanism, citizenship and belonging, racial representation, historical and cultural influence, religious freedom, national and global amnesty, and pride and prejudice in iconography associated with the red, white and blue, stars and stripes. With a breadth of work reflecting upon current and historical concepts and lived experiences, viewers are posed to find commonality or grapple with divergent perspectives tied to their nationalistic, political, and racial identities.

EXHIBITING ARTISTS: Akira Mabon (Milwaukee, WI), Ammar Nsoroma (Milwaukee, WI), Allison Westbrook IV (Milwaukee, WI), Bennie C. Higgins (Milwaukee, WI), Chrystal Gillion-Mabry (Milwaukee, WI), Darrel M. Payne (Milwaukee, WI), Dave McClinton (Austin, TX), Della Wells (Milwaukee, WI), Erik Salgado (Chicago, IL), Fatima Laster (Milwaukee, WI), Gannon Crutcher (East Orange, NJ), Kiki Jia Qi Zhen (Chicago, IL), Komikka Patton (Brooklyn, NY), Liliet Rosa Reyes (Harlem, NY), Maria Alfaro (Milwaukee, WI), Mutope J. Johnson (Milwaukee, WI), Nirmal Raja (Milwaukee, WI), Sharon Kerry-Harlan (Milwaukee, WI), Sonji Hunt (Milwaukee, WI), and William Darnell Rogers (Chicago, IL).

This poignantly relevant exhibition is on display from July 10, 2020 until the extended date of October 4, 2020. A special This Is America wearable arts virtual fashion show segment to occur, Saturday, August 22, 2020, and be integrated into the exhibition thereafter.