I have become more attentive to the pace at which artworks unfold. I remain aesthetically attracted to work that would translate well on a Xerox machine, but I’m more interested in spending time with images, objects, and sounds that reveal themselves slowly. Art that sustains my attention often has a drone about it and seems comfortable steeping in grief.

The Black aesthetic is bought, sold, traded, and disregarded like a commodity. It feels like everyone else is profiting from our culture except us. “Drifting on a Memory” is a celebration of our collective expression despite attempts to silence, isolate, destroy, and re-tell our stories.

Artist and creator Alivia Blade reflects on these ancestral images and long-held traditions of Black American culture. Her installation, Sanctuaria, on view at Snide Hotel Gallery, conjures a dedicated world for dreaming and rest, imagination and rejuvenation.

What is Quesenberry’s art about? Why ask the question. The light boxes, the pulsing circles, and the vivid Polaroid forms offer moments of radiance and resonance. Quesenberry’s luminous constructions are meant to be felt, to be experienced. They may cause a visual shift, or offer a glimpse of memory.

Hear directly from artist and educator Erica Lewis (EVPL) on the efforts, organizers, and collaborators needed to connect ink to block and block to steamroller.