Local Legends
There are a lot of aspects of We. The Culture: Works by The Eighteen Art Collective that make it special, but the eighteen individual artists who make up the collective are certainly the most special. They came together in August 2020 to paint the Black Lives Matter mural on Indiana Avenue and now, two and a half years later, have a body of work up in the Indianapolis Museum of Art that represents each of them as individual artists and creators. Local Legends is a new column that will continue through the run of the exhibition and will cover each artist in solo interviews with Emily Sogard, Natalya Herndon, and Taylor Hurt.
You can find all the interviews as they become available from November 2022 through September 2023 here:
Exhibition Credit:
We. The Culture: Works by The Eighteen Art Collective is presented by Aaron Wealth Advisors, Gary & Hannah Hirschberg. Lead support is provided by Rachel M. Simon & the Herbert Simon Family Foundation and June McCormack. Associate support is provided by IceMiller and its Racial Equity Solutions Team. Additional support is provided by Judy Donner, Nathan & Deborah Oatts, and Emily A. West.
Image Credit:
Members of The Eighteen Art Collective and the co-curators from GANGGANG and Newfields stand with Dr. Colette Pierce Burnette, President and Chief Executive Officer of Newfields, in front of the title wall to the exhibition We. The Culture: Works by The Eighteen Art Collective.