Pop-Up Exhibition: The Black Print
March 28 – March 29, 2025
The Black Print is a two-day exhibition that explores the intersection of art, textiles, and fashion, and draws inspiration from traditional African roots and contemporary conversations of Blackness. Through graffiti, photography, and garment performance art, The Black Print showcases the vibrancy of fashion as an artistic and cultural form. Organized by creative director, and curator Ireanna Rogers, the exhibition uses material as a vehicle for storytelling, honoring ancestral legacies while embracing contemporary artistry.
On Friday, March 28, and Saturday, March 29, visitors can enjoy music and hors d’oeuvres while viewing artworks and designs by Infavian Davis, kolpeace, Melissa Sutherland Moss, Linnea Poole, Tajiel Wesley, and Jalen Williams. While Moss presents a live garment performance piece, models wearing designs by Davis will be on view throughout the gallery space. Guests will also be invited to play tabletop games like spades and dominoes––in celebration of communal traditions of Black leisure.
About the Artist
Featured artists: Melissa Sutherland Moss (b. Brooklyn, NY) is a Costa Rican American interdisciplinary artist working across collage, painting, video, and installation. Her practice explores the construction of landscape, language, and the intertwined histories of the Caribbean and the United States, viewing landscape as a cultural and historical artifact shaped by memory, identity, and time. Through processes of accretion, erasure, and extraction, she uncovers hidden layers of stories and identities embedded in the land, creating a dynamic tension between what is visible and what is concealed.
Her work has been recognized and exhibited at The Biggs Museum of American Art, and she has participated in notable residencies including ArtCrawl Harlem, Chrysalis Institute for Emerging Artists, The Alliance of Artist Communities, and Zea Mays Printmaking mentorship program. Her creative contributions have been featured in publications such as Black Enterprise, Forbes, Essence, Modern Luxury, and Refinery 29. Currently pursuing her MFA at the Maryland Institute College of Art, Sutherland Moss divides her time between New York, and Baltimore, MD.
Details
Date: March 28-29, 2025
When: Open 5pm-8pm on March 28 and 12:00-4:00pm on March 29
Location: The Peale, 225 Holliday Street, Baltimore
Collaborators
Featured Artists: Melissa Sutherland Moss
Donations
Cost: Free | Donations Welcome
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