Crisp-Ellert Museum Art Exhibition Program
As part of the 'Magic, Mirth and Mortality: Musings on Black Motherhood' exhibit, Crisp-Ellert Museum will host two knit-crochet circles in March 2022.
Crisp-Ellert Museum will host two knit/crochet circles as part of the Magic, Mirth and Mortality: Musings on Black Motherhood exhibit, The first will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 1, and the second will be at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 22, 2022.
Led by Professor of Art Laura Mongiovi and Flagler College Fine Art student Isabella Worthington-Shea, the circles are intended to contextualize some of the contemporary inequities Black women experience. During the evening, participants will make baby blankets that will be donated to local women's shelters. Supplies will be provided, and light refreshments will be served.
A collaboration between the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center, the St. Augustine Historical Society and the Crisp-Ellert Museum, the Magic, Mirth and Mortality: Musings on Black Motherhood exhibit is a multi-institutional exhibition and panel series inspired by the experiences of writer, curator, wife and mother Shawna Brooks.
The exhibit is centered on Brooks during her pregnancy and the premature birth of her son, Roosevelt. Her musings will be shown alongside artwork by Cheryl McCain, Marsha Hatcher and Tatiana Kitchen. The visual and literary component will be supplemented with local and national statistics on infant and maternal mortality rates that demonstrates inequities to health care access and draws attention to the institutional bias that Black women continue to face.
Admission: Free
When: 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 1 and Tuesday, March 22, 2022.
Where: The Crisp-Ellert Museum is located at 48 Sevilla St. in historic downtown St. Augustine, FL 32084.
The painting above is by Tatiana Kitchen. Kitchen's work will be displayed during the Magic, Mirth and Mortality Art Exhibit at the Lincolnville Museum and Cultural Center and the St. Augustine High School in April 2022.
