Art at the Edge of Entanglement – Panel Discussion

Art at the Edge of Entanglement – Panel Discussion  

Ten Leading and Emerging African American Artists Explore Identity, Resistance, and Renewal 

VENUE: The ARC (Main Check-In), 675 Ali Baba Ave.

ARTISTS:

Lamerol A. Gatewood (USA) 

St. Louis–born painter and mixed-media artist merging energy, spirituality, rhythm, and abstraction. His layered collages and drawings evoke inner movement and the cultural pulse of the African diaspora. Collections include the St. Louis Art Museum, Howard University, and the New Jersey State Museum.  

Lorenzo Pace (USA) 

Sculptor, installation artist, and author known for Triumph of the Human Spirit at New York’s African Burial Ground. His assemblages transform found materials into narratives of ancestry, resilience, and liberation. Professor of Art, University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.  

Kimberly M. Becoat (USA) 

Contemporary mixed-media artist whose Urbania series examines urban displacement and memory. She reuses sand, tar paper, foil, and everyday materials to reconstruct erased Black and Latino histories in NYC.  

Chire “VantaBlack” Regans (USA) 

Miami-based visual artist and activist. Her portrait work memorializes victims of gun violence, integrating art, storytelling, and social accountability. Teaching artist at Pérez Art Museum Miami and mentor at Locust Projects’ LAB. 

Mr. StarCity (David White, USA) 

Brooklyn-born multidisciplinary artist (painting, sculpture, poetry, performance). His textured works and alter-ego “Loverboy” explore love, healing, and resilience. Exhibited in NYC, LA, and internationally.  

Charisse Pearlina Watson (USA) 

Conceptual artist and writer based in New York. Her work examines Black interior life, resistance, and surveillance technologies through sculpture, writing, and photography—re-articulating intimacy and concealment as forms of resistance.  

Arsimmer McCoy (USA) 

Miami Gardens–based storyteller, poet, and cultural worker. She merges poetry, performance, and visual installation to explore lineage, community, land, and spiritual histories. Her projects center Black women’s narratives and intergenerational memory.  

Nona Faustine (USA) 

Photographer interrogating race, gender, and visibility in American history. Her acclaimed White Shoes series revisits sites of slavery through self-portraiture. Recipient of the 2024 Rome Prize; featured in major museum collections.  

Daniel “Danny” Simmons (USA) 

Painter, poet, and cultural activist; founder of Rush Arts Gallery and Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation. His abstract expressionist works channel jazz rhythm and African diasporic form. Co-producer of HBO’s Def Poetry Jam (Peabody Award).  

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