Black Art Today!'s UnCovered Episode 7 - The Beautiful Difference in Martha's Vineyard

This episode of UnCovered is dedicated to Dr. Jannette Harris for making a beautiful difference. In this episode of UnCovered, Black Art Today! traveled to the town of Oak Bluffs in Martha’s Vineyard to attend “The Beautiful Difference” exhibit at the Francine Kelly Gallery in the Art Barn at the Featherstone Center for the Arts. We had the opportunity to interview the curator Sandra Grymes and several exhibit attendees and learn about Oak Bluffs’ African-American residents' historical significance and contributions on Martha's Vineyard.

The exhibition statement for “The Beautiful Difference” outlines the theme of the show: “Disparate in style yet unified by the variance that is blackness, freed from a fixed racial position and open to the complexities of life, each work of art in this exhibition reflects what makes blackness the beautiful difference.” “Nonwhite artists and women are under-represented in the art world,” says the show’s curator, Sandra Grymes. In order to address this disparity, Ann Smith, Featherstone executive director, asked Grymes to draw from her circle of friends and associates in the art world to put together the current show.

The 20-plus artists included, represented a variety of media — painting, drawing, photography, mixed media, and sculpture, and includes artists in various stages of their careers. There are also works on loan by master artists now deceased — including Loïs Mailou Jones, Romare Bearden, and Al Loving.

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