Soul Revival: A Poetic and Visual Experience of Renewal
Meroe Art Gallery
West Baltimore Center for Urban Art
1623 West North Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21217

Co-Sponsored by Meroe Art Gallery and Authentic Contemporary Art

Exhibition Dates: May 1-August 1, 2010

Opening Reception:
Saturday, May 1, 2010, 6 pm – 9 pm
Featuring An Artist’s Talk and Spoken Word Performance by Nina “Lyricspect” Ball, Stephanie Renee, Dehejia Maat, Cherrie Amour, Alan King and Bonnie MacAllister

Artscape Gallery Open House
Saturday, July 17, 2010, 2 pm – 7 pm
Artist’s Talk and Spoken Word Performances (TBA). Music by DJ Fusion of Fusebox Radio

Both receptions are free and open to the public!

This exciting exhibition features emerging artists and poets based the DC/Baltimore Metropolitan area on the theme of “Soul Revival.” What do we mean by revival? We are speaking of revival of the soul, spirit, neighborhood, community, nation, and even the world. The result is a eclectic visual range of artistic expression, ranging from realism to abstract and everything in between!

Selected works of from the artists work has been paired with a poet/ spoken word artist who developed a poem that expresses their view about the art. Their contributions is an integral part of the exhibition, resulting in an innovative creative representation from a variety of artists–literary and visual– of the meaning of Soul Revival!

Visual Artists (Authentic Contemporary Art):

Jade Andwele
Prudence Bonds
Sharon Burton
Keisha Carroll
Marshetta Davis
Sherria Green
Darren Jackson
J’Nell Jordan
Nilja Mumin
Heather Schmaedeke
Marcel Taylor
James Terrell

Other Visual Artists (Meroe Art Gallery):

Darryl Bennett
Teresa Gray
LaShell Rivers

Poets and Spoken Word Artists:

Cherrie Amour
Nina “Lyricspect” Ball
Natasha Brown
Marguax Delotte-Bennett
Victoria Durham
Amy Jackson
Alan King
Dehejia Maat
Bonnie MacAllister
Stephanie Renee