BLACK LIVES MATTER

Shawna Moore ART stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement and all marginalized communities that have for too long faced injustice and inequity.

In the days and weeks since the tragic killings of Rayshard Brooks, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Riah Milton, Dominique Fells, and countless others before them, I have been confronting the institutionalized racism and systemic injustice that exists in the world today and specifically in the art world. Art has the power to memorialize the human experience and shape culture, but for too long, the art world has offered a predominantly white male perspective and excluded the voices and participation of others.

As a woman artist I am actively seeking relationship with galleries, collectors and artists who support efforts to create opportunities for black artists. I am looking for young women artists who are interested in mentoring and/or studio apprenticeships.

My newest body of work “STRATA” was created during the time of the Corona Virus Pandemic and this fertile time of civil rights uprising and the Black Lives Matter movement. Art is my home and solace and I am setting an intention to become more inclusive and open and to use my creative practice to do this.