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Judith Scheachter in Studio
The making of Super/Natural May 1, 2025 Judith Scheachter discusses the studio practice that produced the amazing work 'Super/Natural' currently on display at the Michener Art Museum.... Read more -
Robitussin, Hotcombs & Grease
Artist Stan Squirewell discusses the memories and throughts tangled into his upcoming solo exhibition at the Gallery. Read more -
Carolyn Mazloomi: Documenting History
Mazloomi speaks clearly about what keeps her engaged and producing her unique quilts with an audience of Studio Art Quilt... Read more
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Significant Forms Artist Interview Series Sami Tsang
April 4, 2024 Significant Forms pushes the boundaries of the traditional gallery, offering an immersive journey into the minds of seven influential contemporary... Read more -
Barbara Earl Thomas: The Illuminated Body
February 28, 2024 Artist Barbara Earl Thomas speaks about her exhibition 'The Illuminated Body' on view at the Arthur Ross Gallery until May... Read more -
The Illuminated Body
Barbara Earl Thomas, Emily Zimmerman of The Author Ross Gallery, and Seth Parker Wood discuss the works in this amazing exhibition February 27, 2024 The new Arthur Ross Gallery exhibition of work by artist Barbara Earl Thomas “The Illuminated Body,” features cut-paper portraits reminiscent... Read more
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BK Adams and The Messenger of Time
February 1, 2024 BK Adams’ The Messenger of Time stands 25 feet tall and 35 feet long. Adams’ large-scale sculpture employs the vernacular... Read more -
Collecting Art During a Time of Social Change
Barbara Earl Thomas - Panel Discussion for DotRed July 29, 2023 'Collecting Art during a Time of Social Change' explores the intricate connection between art, social transformation, and the evolving practices... Read more -
Visual artist uses black hair to weave history, culture into her sculptures
FOX 29 Philadelphia June 24, 2023 Adebunmi Gbadebo started collecting hair from barbershops, and hair sent from around the world, to incorporate into her sculptures as... Read more
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Gio Swaby: Fresh Up | Exhibition Stories
The Art Institute of Chicago June 8, 2023 Hear from Bahamian artist Gio Swaby on her embroidered portraits and her first solo museum exhibition. Swaby shares insight into... Read more -
Conversation: Gio Swaby—Love Letters
The Art Institute of Chicago May 23, 2023 Gio Swaby’s embroidered portraits are anchored in the connections she forges with her subjects: each piece begins with a photo... Read more -
School of Visual Arts Interview - Adebunmi Gbadebo - Multimedia Artist
BFA Fine Arts presents an online artist lecture with Adebunmi Gbadebo (BFA 2017 Fine Arts). February 16, 2023 Adebunmi Gbadebo is a multimedia artist who uses culturally imbued materials to investigate the complexities between land and memory in... Read more
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Artists Lauren Fensterstock and Aaron Stephan installing artwork Heart of Negation at LOOP Overtown Miami
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Adebunmi Gbadebo's work featured in Hear Me Now: The Black Potters of Old Edgefield, South Carolina Virtual Opening | Met Exhibitions
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Join co-curators Adrienne Spinozzi, Associate Curator in The American Wing at The Met; Ethan Lasser, John Moors Cabot Chair of... Read more -
A Year in Pictures 2022
The amazing year that was 2022 laid out in photos of friends and events. Looking forward to all the fun 2023 will bring. December 28, 2022 Read more
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Look back at LOOP: Overtown Miami 2022
December 3, 2022 Claire Oliver Gallery is thrilled to share LOOP, an art and culture-focused block-wide art exhibition and cultural experience that took... Read more -
LOOP: Opening Night Events
November 29, 2022 Join Claire Oliver Gallery as we look back on an evening of Grammy-Nominated Music and a fresh fashion collab Read more -
Make A Joyful Noise
Artist Barbara Earl Thomas discusses the new artworks in her current exhibit in this wonderful short by Eric Dugger Read more
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TGS x NYU Center for Black Visual Culture Presents: Comrade Sisters | In a Time of Panthers
The Greene Space at WNYC & WQXR October 24, 2022 Few photographers had the insider access Oakland native Jeffrey Henson Scales did around the Black Panther Party in the late... Read more -
In A Time of Panthers
Jeffrey Henson Scales shares his personal journey 'As a young activist, I learned how important it is to have a concrete mission to help improve the community... Read more -
Textile portraits celebrate Black women at Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg
June 7, 2022 “I’m making the art that I wanted to see.” That is how Bahamian artist Gio Swaby explained her textile-based portraits... Read more
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In the Artist's Studio | Jeffrey Henson Scales
Museum of the African Diaspora MoAD June 6, 2022 Jeffrey Henson Scales is a photographer, photography editor, and an educator who began photography at his age 11. He now... Read more -
A Renaissance Mix
June 1, 2022 Stan Squirewell discussed his latest body of works and his debut solo exhibition at the gallery, Who That Is? The... Read more -
/Dialogues: Textile Artists Now
May 15, 2022 Panelists | Gio Swaby (Artist), Kimberli Gant (Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art | Brooklyn Museum), LJ Roberts (Artist). Moderated... Read more
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Gio Swaby: Visual Artist Centers on Black Joy as a Radical Act | Juneteenth Artist Showcase | OWN
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Conversations on Content
May 2, 2022 Impermanent Conditions: artist Lauren Fensterstock discusses with Claire her use of ancient text and celestial mysteries to inspire in her... Read more -
Private: Conversations on Content
May 1, 2022 Artist Gio Swaby discusses with Claire her use of textiles to convey family connections and community love. Read more
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“Renwick Invitational 2020” Virtual Artist Conversation with Lauren Fensterstock
Smithsonian American Art Museum April 26, 2022 On Thursday, April 29, 2021, the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) presented an engaging online conversation with Lauren Fensterstock, one... Read more -
Art Of the Matter Ep. 9 | Barbara Earl Thomas - Live Show
March 30, 2022 Monday, May 30th for Episode 9 as we sit down with the incomparable Barbara Earl Thomas! Barbara is an amazing... Read more -
How one Louisville man is challenging the context of Black and Indigenous history
February 24, 2022 Stan Squirewell is a painter, photographer, installation and performance artist. His work is multilayered and his subject matter tackles themes... Read more
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A Story for Right Now: Barbara Earl Thomas
December 31, 2021 Barbara Earl Thomas is making contemporary art for our contemporary moment. Hear from this important Seattle-based artist on her installation... Read more -
Claire Oliver Gallery
2021: The Year In Pictures December 31, 2021 We here at Claire Oliver Gallery have the rare pleasure of doing what we love with the people that we... Read more -
Artmaking: Hair Love with Adebunmi Gbadebo
The Newark Museum of Art July 15, 2021 Inspired by the animated short film Hair Love (2019), this hands-on workshop will teach you ways to create art that... Read more
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Ruben Natal-San Miguel: Conversations on Content
March 16, 2021 Artist Ruben Natal-San Miguel sits down with gallerist Claire Oliver to discuss the idea of hunting for resilience his photographs. Read more -
Claire Oliver Gallery Fiber Artist Talk: Gio Swaby and Adebunmi Gbadebo
March 1, 2021 Claire Oliver of Claire Oliver Gallery interviews fiber artists Gio Swaby and Adebunmi Gbadebo for the James Renwick Alliance for... Read more -
2020: the year in review
January 1, 2021 2020 presented an amazing array of unique challenges for the gallery community. Claire Oliver Gallery looks back at this unique... Read more
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What Can We Learn About Harlem Through a Closed Barbershop
VICE news October 29, 2020 Jeffrey Henson Scales has been photographing Harlem since he moved there in the '80s. For six of those years he... Read more -
Lunch and Learn: An Artful Conversation with Adebunmi Gbadebo
The Newark Museum of Art October 14, 2020 Adebunmi Gbadebo discusses her work in this presentation and Q&A session. Gbadebo is a visual artist who creates sculptures, paintings,... Read more -
In The Artist’s Studio | Adebunmi Gbadebo
Museum of the African Diaspora MoAD August 21, 2020 Adebunmi Gbadebo is a visual artist who creates sculptures, paintings, prints, and paper using human hair sourced from people of... Read more
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MoAD In The Artist’s Studio | Adebunmi Gbadebo
August 16, 2020 Adebunmi Gbadebo joined the Museum of the African Diaspora for their virtual In the Artists Studio session on Wednesday, August... Read more -
Matthew Sleeth: Experimenta Studio Sessions
August 3, 2020 Mathew Sleeth reflects with Jonathan Parson, Experimenta Artistic Director on his recent time in the studio and discusses working with... Read more -
Adebunmi Gbadebo discusses “A Dilemma of Inheritance”
July 31, 2020 Gbadebo discusses the theory and materials that are the building blocks of her new exhibition at Claire Oliver Gallery. Read more
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Claire Oliver Gallery: 2019 a year in review
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1-54 LONDON 2019 | CLAIRE OLIVER GALLERY
October 31, 2019 Interview with artists Bisa Butler and Adebunmi Gbadebo, presented by Claire Oliver Gallery at 1-54 London 2019. Read more -
Craft Conversation with Glass Artist Judith Schaechter
Smithsonian American Art Museum January 17, 2018 Join Abraham Thomas, the Fleur and Charles Bresler Curator-in-Charge, as he talks with glass artist Judith Schaechter—known for her remarkably... Read more
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Ruptures + Ballet Des Moines: "The Order of Things" by Lauren Fensterstock
Des Moines Art Center December 31, 2017 Ballet Des Moines and the Des Moines Art Center embarked on a collaboration of dance and visual art. The works... Read more -
Matthew Sleeth: Rules To Live By
November 30, 2016 The artist discusses the works and inspirations of his current exhibition. Read more -
Matt Bahen: The History That Lies Beneath
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