“Black and Brown Faces: Verified” Celebrates the Impact of Black and Brown Culture
Paloozanoire presents the “Black and Brown Faces: Verified” exhibition in partnership with the Cincinnati Art Museum.
“Paloozanoire was founded in 2019 to focus on enriching the lives of people of color throughout the Midwest in the areas of creativity, corporate leadership, and entrepreneurship,” according to Paloozanoire.
There are two main events that Paloozanoire holds every year in Cincinnati: The Juneteenth Block Party Experience and Black and Brown Faces.
This year, “Verified” is the third exhibition of the Emmy-Award-winning Black and Brown Faces series (building on projects in 2020 and 2021).
Whether you’re looking for an educational experience or in the celebratory spirit, the exhibition will open on December 2. The last day to visit the exhibit will be January 21 at the Cincinnati Art Museum.
“Simultaneously, the works in this multimedia exhibition reflect the makers’ concepts of being verified as an originator in a society where artists of color have historically struggled to maintain ownership of intellectual and creative property,” according to the Cincinnati Art Museum.
This free event for all ages will include various works of art that involve Entertainment, Health & Science, Beauty & Fashion, and Food & Agriculture regarding the impact of Black and Brown culture worldwide.
“I think the biggest hope that we have is to create conversations [and] create dialogue between varying groups of people. We want people to feel inspired,” said Ray Ball, the Co-director of Paloozanoire.
According to Ball, Paloozanoire hopes guests will feel welcomed, leave in astonishment and build relationships through the power of art.
The exhibition will include 15 accomplished artists of color throughout the Midwest region. This year, nearly 300 pages of applications were submitted.
Art on display will range from paintings, sculptures, multimedia work and more.
“But one of the big things that we encourage is, you know, think big out of the box,” she said.
Artists had free reign to decide which topic they wanted their art to focus on as long as it aligned with one of the following categories: entertainment, health and sciences, beauty and fashion or food and agriculture.
Regardless of the category, each artist has their own unique inspiration for their works of art.
Although “Black and Brown Faces: Verified” is a free event, make sure to register here.
Are you interested in more Paloozanoire events? Be on the lookout for next year’s Juneteenth event. Last year’s event had well over 15,000 attendees in downtown Cincinnati, according to Ball.
