In her book the Next American Revolution: Sustainable Activism for the Twenty-First Century, Grace Lee Boggs writes 鈥淗istory is not the past. It is the stories we tell about the past. How we tell these stories – triumphantly or self-critically, metaphysically or dialectally – has a lot to do with whether we cut short or advance our evolution as human beings.鈥�

The exhibition 鈥淚 AM WE鈥� brings together three artists whose practices recontextualize American history through the lens of revolutionary movements, from the avant-garde legacy of Black midcentury abstract expressionists to the self-determination and liberatory politics of the Black Panther Party. Individually, and collectively the works chosen for this exhibition speak from each artist’s lived experience – drawing from their unique roles as teachers, organizers, philosophers, and cultural creators. Connected by a visual language that balances care, community, and resistance, the work in this exhibition affirms humanity while challenging widely held assumptions of history.

Curtis and Douglas bridge the Black radical tradition between their respective homes of Detroit, MI and Oakland, CA 鈥� two cities connected through a legacy of visionary organizing. Through Douglas鈥檚 prolific career he championed the anti-imperialist critique of the Black Panther Party whose deep understanding of symbolism through visual language forever changed the cultural lexicon of resistance.

Lateef and Curtis share a profound philosophy of education as a tool for liberation. They have devoted decades to teaching both in and outside of conventional educational systems 鈥� from Curtis鈥檚 Art in the Garden program at Feedom Freedom Farm and programming at the James + Grace Lee Boggs Center in Detroit, MI to Youth Arts Alliance in Southeast Michigan, Toledo School for the Arts, University of Toledo, and Radiant City Arts in Lateef鈥檚 home of Toledo, OH.听

Presented here in relation to one another, these three artists imagine worlds that can be possible through overlapping visual languages and common values. This exhibition charges the viewer to ask themselves, where do you find yourself in the arc of justice?

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Polly Apfelbaum鈥檚 lecture 鈥淎 Full Circle,鈥� will look back over the forty-year history of her hybrid and multi-valent practice. From her first one-person show in 1986 to her current exhibition 鈥淎 Woman鈥檚 Circle鈥� at Wassermann Projects, she has promiscuously navigated between painting, sculpture, craft, textiles, and installation, recycling and rethinking ideas from Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, and Popular culture.

Polly Apfelbaum (b. 1955) lives and works between New York City and Arcadia, PA. Apfelbaum studied painting and printmaking at the Tyler School of Art in Pennsylvania, receiving a B.F.A. in 1978. Apfelbaum鈥檚 kaleidoscopic works feature lively color, geometric forms, and non-representational subjects. Her work incorporates textiles, clay, found objects, and other tactile elements traditionally associated with craft and domesticity. The prolific artist has mounted nearly 60 solo exhibitions worldwide and has participated in hundreds of group exhibitions. She has received awards and grants from organizations including Anonymous Was a Woman, the Pollock-Krasner Foundation, and the Joan Mitchell Foundation.

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