Still I Rise: Celebrating Black History Month  
with guest curator Willie Mae Brown

January 30 - March 3, 2024 

Artist Talk Closing Reception: Sunday, March 3, 1:00 - 3:00 pm

Location: 696 Dutchess Tnpk, Suite F, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603

Hours: Tuesday - Friday, 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. (or by appointment)

Arts Mid-Hudson (AMH) is proud to present an exhibit highlighting the work of artists exploring Black Humanity and Black pride expressed in a variety of styles and methods.

Willie Mae Brown left Alabama at the age of seventeen in 1970 to start a new life in Brooklyn, New York, where she worked for the New York Telephone Company until 2003. A visual artist as well as an author, she began writing stories about her childhood in 2012 and reading them in public in 2015. Known for infusing her personal narratives with the vernacular of her Southern upbringing, Brown has read at numerous public events including Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebrations at Brooklyn Borough Hall, as well as at many special events across the city, in her home state, and beyond. My Selma is her first book.

Participating artists: Audrey Anastasi, Marie Antoine, Gülnar Babayeva, Malik Bridges, Harrison Brisbon-McKinnon, Dorothy Brodhead, Martial Davis, Priscilla DeConti, Marielena Ferrer, Katrina Ganpatt, Karen E. Gersch, LotuZ, Gwen Laster, Elinor Levy, Barbara Masterson, Susan Miiller, Shirley Parker-Benjamin, Leon Tillman, Lisa DeLoria Weinblatt