Exhibitions

KARENA GRAVES: OMENS

The Bottom / 2340 Magnolia Ave. December 1, 2023 - December 31, 2023

Karena "Kidd" Graves

Karena "Kidd" Graves is a multidisciplinary artist from North Carolina. They received their MFA in Sculpture at East Carolina University. Graves’s interest and research focuses on African-American dream symbolism, folklore, and storytelling. Their art practice consists of creating sculptural assemblages, weavings, mixed media textiles, and public art. Currently, they are an Artist-in-Residence at Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.

"Creating this series of artworks allows me to bring my voice as a Queer Black woman into the conversation of dream and folklore research, which at times is not only dominated by a non-Black perspective but a non-Black perspective occupying space in the discussion of African American culture analysis."

Stop by and meet Kidd at the Omens reception this Saturday (12/9) from 6-8pm, scroll down to our Community Creatives section below for more!