"We have artists, our artists, and African American artists in homes all over this city. So you have kids who wake up in their rooms, their art is done by artists," said CEO of Houston Museum Of African American Culture John Guess, Jr.
John Guess Jr and ZaNaria pose during the African Cosmologies Exhibition (Photo permission by ZaNaria Bowens).
On (Monday), Sep 26. HMAAC invites the media to A VIP one-evening exhibition, including a private tour, food, drinks, and a Q & A. The tour was the beginning of encouraging guests to create cultural capital in our neighborhoods that empower individuals, uplift and bring confidence into our communities, establish value and pride, and begin to break generational curses. HMAAC CEO John Guess Jr led the exhibit, and HMAAC Chief Curator Christopher Bay started on the second level of the museum, followed by an entire art gallery on the first level of the building.
Mark Sealy from the United Kingdom curated Houston's African American Art presentation. The artwork is a collaboration with Houston's FotoFest Biennial 2022, opening in March 2020. Due to the Covid-19 Pandemic, the African Cosmologies Exhibition was forcibly closed.
HMAAC is the only museum in the country without public funding that provides opportunities to establish visual and entrepreneurial cultural assets.
In efforts to fortify the public's participation to return and invite family, friends, and community members to global art and fund support, John Guess highlights new initiatives at HMAAC located at 4807 Caroline St, Houston, TX 77004.
The full tour, Cosmologies: Redux at HMAAC, is a large-scale exhibition that includes message murals, films, performances, and public art projects examining contemporary life in Africa, the African Diaspora, and global histories of colonialism, photography, rights, and representation.
More information about FotoFest Biennial 2022: African Cosmologies Redux" Tour can be found by visiting https://fotofest.org/african-cosmologies-redux
In 1999, former mayor Lee Brown prompted the need for an African American museum and African American archival library during his second term. Since 2012, John Guess Jr has made it a priority after taking the seat as HMAAC chair CEO, publicly discussing the necessity of African Americans attaining cultural capital in our neighborhoods.
Cultural capital is represented when children can see these African American artists in a museum. "Not only does this kid think to themselves, I can be an artist, but I can be an artist that can be in a museum, "said John Guess Jr.
Click the link below to watch a recap of Monday evening's exhibit, "FotoFest Biennial 2022: African Cosmologies Redux" Tour.
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