“Adjust Yo’ Eyes For
This Darkness”
Nov 1 - Dec 13, 2019

"Adjust Yo' Eyes For This Darkness" is the culminating exhibition at Ashara Ekundayo Gallery after 2 full years of collective trauma-informed arts programming and community organizing around designing intentional community, Black womxn's creative practice, anti-displacement for Black artists in Oakland, and the intersection of spirituality & social justice. The show features the multi-media work of 9 Black womxn living throughout the US, in Amsterdam, and in South Africa and is curated by Ashara Ekundayo in conjunction with a series of community offerings, workshops, and pop-ups over the course of the six week run.

May you be reminded again of the power of the darkness through the eyelids of the Divine Feminine. ~ Ashara Ekundayo

Featured Artists:
Shanequa Gay
Dana King
Tiff Massey
Courtney Desiree Morris
Zanele Muholi
Jasmine Murrell
Lava Thomas
Adreinne Waheed
w/ Soundtrack by DJ Lynnée Denise

ADJUST YO' EYES FOR THIS DARKNESS - COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING

Friday, Nov 1st | 6p-9p | Opening Nite Reception
Saturday, Nov 2nd | 1145a-430p | "Reckoning With Nia: Symposium on Black Womxn, Public Safety & Collective Trauma"
Sunday, Nov 3rd | 330p-700p | "Lighting Blackness" Photo Studio Workshp Pt. 2 with Erica Deeman
Wednesday, Nov 20th |630p-830p | Artist Salon
Friday, Nov 22nd | 630p-10p | Book Binding 101: The Coptic Book wkshp w/ Andrew Wilson
Saturday/Sunday, Nov 23rd & 24th | 11a-6p, 12p-6p | Wamuhu's PrimoArts Bay Area Holiday Pop-Up
Friday, Dec 6th | 6p-9p | First Friday Reception
Saturday, Dec 7th | 1p-5p | First Saturday Listening Session
Saturday, Dec 7th | 5p-730p | HushhhArt Collector's Toast
Thursday, Dec 12th | 6p-730p | Full Moon Meditation & Tarot Session


Cover Image © Zanele Muholi. Courtesy of the artist, Yancey Richardson, New York, and Stevenson Cape Town / Johannesburg.