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To all you folks in Atlanta....

Music post by Amy S. Williams on February 8, 2008 - 1:47pm; tagged art, events.

Bitch is happy to be a co-sponsor of a show at MINT gallery in Atlanta on

Saturday, February 9th, 7 - 11 pm * www.mintgallery.org or http://www.myspace.com/mintshowroom, featuring the work of Jessica Gonacha, Sunni Johnson and Emily Maxwell.

Please go out and support these artists and MINT gallery. If you go, let us know how the show went since none of us Bitch staffers can make the journey from Portland (although we would like to be there).

 

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Cornering the Market

Cornering the Market
Article by Lisa Katayama, appeared in issue Fun & Games; published in 2005; filed under Social commentary; tagged activism, art, politically incorrect, race, racism, slavery, stereotypes, tokenism.
Damali Ayo and the Business of Race
Fun & Games

When Damali Ayo was 12, her parents sent her to day camp with 20 white kids. The kids were fascinated by the way Ayo’s hair maintained its texture in the pool. Even after she deliberately dunked her head in the water, they were convinced that black hair doesn’t get wet.

This experience stuck with her as she launched her art career in the predominantly white city of Portland, Oregon. Ayo often felt she was the token black person relied upon for opinions and advice precisely because of her skin color.

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