August 30 - October 1, 2024

Lore: What We Were Told | What We Saw | What We Tell Ourselves is the sophomore portfolio from Black Women of Print. With Lore , contributing artists continue to expand on personal, familial, spiritual, and creative legacies. The prints are a collection of emic narratives created by active founding members and Cohort II members.
Denotatively, lore is a particular body of knowledge or tradition the lore of Black heroines
1: the lore of Black heroines ,br>2: something that is learned: a: traditional knowledge or belief tribal lore; b: knowledge gained through study or experience ex: the lore of feminist art
3 archaic: something that is taught: Lesson
Each Black woman printmaker has approached the portfolio with varied devices, materiality, etc. into a visual lore.
Artists include founder, Tanekeya Word, founding members LaToya Hobbs and Stephanie Santana, and Cohort II members, Dr. Deborah Grayson, Althea-Murphy Price, and Karen J. Revis.

Lore was curated by Tanekeya Word, founder of Black Women of Print.

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