TONIKA LEWIS JOHNSON
The New Pittsburgh Courier has learned that the August Wilson African American Cultural Center (AWAACC) will reopen to the public on Saturday, May 22, with the group exhibition “Minding My Business (i said what i said).”
The exhibition will feature works by Rabea Ballin, Krista Franklin, Deun Ivory, Tonika Lewis Johnson, Pia Love, Natalie Lauren Sims and SHAN Wallace, in the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Gallery.
The exhibition is free to view.
The AWAACC’s new hours are: Thursdays and Fridays, 3 to 8 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays, noon to 5 p.m.
Upon reopening, all patrons will be required to submit to a temperature check.
Additionally, capacity in the Claude Worthington Benedum Foundation Gallery will be reduced to 10 percent, the AWAACC said, to allow all guests to remain socially distant. As required by Pennsylvania state regulations, staff and visitors to the AWAACC are required to wear protective face masks while inside the building regardless of vaccine status, and new cleaning procedures have also been implemented.
“After months of being closed to the public, we look forward to reopening our galleries with the work of seven incredible women artists from around the country. The dynamic works speak to some of the most pressing questions of our time facing not only women, but society as a whole, and we are thrilled to share their works with the Pittsburgh community,” said Janis Burley Wilson, President and CEO of August Wilson African American Cultural Center, in a May 5 statement.
Curated by Janice Bond and Sadie Woods of Selenite Arts Advisory, a multidisciplinary art advisory and curatorial consultancy, “Minding My Business (i said what i said)” will explore self-authorship as means to a liberated future through photography, video, and works on paper. Selenite Arts Advisory will also expand AWAACC’s visual arts programming throughout the AWAACC, activating spaces beyond the dedicated galleries, advancing Black artistic voices through exhibitions, educational programs, and original publications, the AWAACC release said.
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