CDCP x WCDC Present: Jasmine Green
Earring painting workshop and show closing
WCDC’s Lohr Gallery
Saturday, Feb. 24
12p-3p
Free
Join CDCP and WCDC for an earring painting workshop to close out Jasmine Green’s solo show at the Lohr Gallery. We’ll provide earrings and supplies for you to get creative and bring home a pair of earrings for yourself or a special someone.
Due to supply limitations, we will cap attendance at 15 participants. Please RSVP at the brief form below.
Jasmine Green Earring Workshop RSVP
CDCP x WCDC Present: Jasmine Green
Earring Coloring Workshop: February 24th, 12-3pm
On view: December 9th, 2023 - February 24th, 2024
Gallery hours: Saturdays 12-5pm
Known for her bold colors and striking portraiture, East of Pittsburgh artist Jasmine Green, aka Black Girl Absolute, uses visual and written works to challenge the limiting perceptions of Black womanhood that leave Black women and girls feeling dehumanized, disempowered, and regulated into the margins. She is self-taught, engaging in an active artist practice for over ten years with a primary focus on acrylic paint and the written word. In her journey curating visions of power, love, and peace alongside capturing the struggle of what it means to be a Black woman in America, Jasmine provides a mirror in which we can all finally recognize that we have always been, and always will be: more than enough, no matter what or who tries to tell us otherwise.
“Black women exist within an unrelenting ecosystem built to convince us that we are insufficient. To persevere, counternarratives that remind us of our humanity are crucial. As a painter and poet, my work exists as a safe harbor for Black women and girls, centering themes such as mental health, systemic oppression, joy, liberatory visions, and power.
I practice mainly in acrylic media but also engage in digital painting, tufting, and laser cutting. What excites me most is ideating new ways to showcase aspects of Black feminine identity outside of the limiting bounds and tropes we often see ourselves defined within; I can depict nudity in ways that are not inherently sexual, beauty in ways not restricted by Eurocentric standards and a deep and emotional personhood that can not be bypassed or erased.
I am most influenced in practice and philosophy by the works of Claudia Rankine, Audre Lorde, Kehinde Wiley, Romare Bearden, Octavia Butler, and Kerry James Marshall. The questions I want to be answered in my work are: what is challenged when Black women are centered unapologetically; and what effect do the societies we live in have on Black women’s capacity for joy, love, peace, and processing trauma?”
WCDC's Lohr Gallery
725 Wood St.
Pittsburgh, PA 15221