2018 GRANTEES

African American Cultural Center - August Wilson Center

The African American Cultural Center – August Wilson Center is a home for the arts, storytelling, learning and exchange around the African American experience and the rich culture of the African diaspora. From October 12, 2018 through March, 24, 2019 the August Wilson Center will play home to the Familiar Boundaries. Infinite Possibilities. (FBIP) exhibition - a showcase of regional, national, and international contemporary artists.

Included in the exhibition will be the USA premiere of Flying Girls (shown in photos below) by Peju Alatise, a Nigerian-based artist, architect and storyteller. Other featured artists include Shikeith, Lizania Cruz, and Tsedaye Makonnen (photographed below). These featured artists create spaces of joy, safety, healing, and care for humanity and the environment.

We are compelled by all the artists and excited to help elongate the life of the exhibits by underwriting exhibit publications. AE&E Fund is thrilled to support the August Wilson Center and the artists of the Familiar Boundaries. Infinite Possibilities exhibition.

Peju Alatise

Flying Girls installation at the FBIP exhibit
Photography courtesy of Joey Kennedy

Familiar Boundaries. Infinite Possibilities.

Eight of the twelve FBIP artists and curator stand in front of Blue Bloods sculpture installation by Martha Jackson Jarvis
Photography courtesy of Joey Kennedy

Photos below courtesy of the August Wilson Center

Shikeith, Lizania Cruz, Thaddeus Mosley

Shikeith and Lizania Cruz, both featured in the Familiar Boundaries. Infinite Possibilities. exhibit, connecting with Thaddeus Mosley, Pittsburgh-based artist featured in the 57th Carnegie International.

Shikeith, Thaddeus Mosley, Lizania Cruz

Photographed together in Thaddeus Mosley’s Pittsburgh, PA studio.

Lizania Cruz and Mary Martin

Continued introductions of FBIP artists (Lizania Cruz) with Mary Martin, visual artist and teacher at Winchester Thurston School.

Networking with the local arts community

Kilolo Luckett (FBIP Curator), Liz Park (Assistant Curator, 57th Carnegie International), Tsedaye Makonnen (FBIP Featured Artist), Dee Briggs (local Pittsburgh artist), Ingrid Schaffner (Curator, 57th Carnegie International); photographed in Dee’s firehouse/studio.