Ervin A. Johnson

Beautiful work by Arnika Dawkins Gallery artist Ervin A. Johnson, Tokie Rome-Taylo
Barbara DuMetz, Keris Salmon, Oye Diran, Builder Levy, Delphine Fawundu, Kahran and Regis Bethencourt

Some of the artists that will be presenting work in the exhibition are:
 
Pioneer Barbara DuMetz, in the field of commercial photography, an era when very
few African-American women where in the field of photography. 

Husband and wife duo Kharan and Regis Bethencourt of the Creative Soul.

Millennial Ervin A. Johnson makes us confront issues that dominate our headlines
in provocative work created in support of the Black Live Matter Movement.

Chester Higgins, staff photographer with The New York Times for more than four
decades, whose work notably features the life and culture of people of African
descent. 

Intertwining social documentary, art, and street photography, Builder Levy has
been making photographs as objects of art that celebrate the human spirit for the
past fifty years.

Collectively, Juneteenth presents a celebration of freedom, tolerance, and culture!

Variations On A Theme; Ervin A. Johnson

"Blackness is often seen as monolithic, forcing the experiences of many through a bottleneck of racism and systematic oppression until the individual becomes the whole. #InHonor:Monoliths is a literal take on that notion. Portraits are digitally collaged bringing individuals of different and shared experiences together. Forging new identities and bridging gaps, while creating more distance between others."
-Ervin A. Johnson

#InHonor pays homage to the lives lost to police brutality and racism.

A visual dialogue about race in America created by some of the most highly sought after artists of our time utlizing the medium of photography.