Black Art: Beauty, Harmony, Identity, and Love Reception

Reception: Friday, January 23, 5:00 to 7:00 pm in the Bank of America Gallery

Exhibition: Friday, January 23 through Sunday, March 22, 2026

Black Art: Beauty, Harmony, Identity, and Love brings together the work of nine contemporary artists whose practices celebrate the richness, complexity, and emotional depth of Black experience. Featuring Milton 510 Bowens, Celeste Budd, Daphne Burgess, Talver Germany, Elizabeth Hall, Michael Angelo Jones, Shonna McDaniles, Aliyah Sidque, and Gerry "GOS" Simpson, the exhibition spans figurative painting, abstraction, mixed media, and collage. Across diverse visual languages, the artists explore the body, memory, rhythm, and connection as sites of resilience and self-expression.

Collectively, these works affirm beauty as both presence and power, harmony as balance amid movement, identity as layered and evolving, and love as an enduring force. From intimate gestures and symbolic forms to bold color fields and dynamic compositions, the exhibition invites viewers to witness how contemporary Black artists reclaim narrative space—honoring ancestry, celebrating individuality, and envisioning futures grounded in creativity, care, and joy.

The Bank of America Gallery

The gallery is located immediately to the left of the front entrance of the Harris Center for the Arts.

The Bank of America Gallery hours are Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 12:00 to 4:00 pm during the Fall and Spring semesters (these hours are not available during the summer semester) as well as one hour before and during intermission of performances in Stage One at the Harris Center, or by appointment through emailing FLC Art Professor Marisa Sayago at sayagom@flc.losrios.edu.

Admission is free, and daily parking permits cost $2 and can be purchased from designated kiosks only. For more information on Harris Center for the Arts and the Bank of America Gallery, please visit www.harriscenter.net.