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“Well Read”: Art & Banned Books Exhibition at Black Rock Books
January 25
On view through March 28, 2025
Artist’s reception Saturday, January 25, 2025, from 4 PM – 6 PM.
This exhibition invites viewers to reflect on the importance of intellectual freedom and the significant role that literature plays in shaping society.
The “Well Read” exhibition features works by ART YARD BKLYN’s Advanced Studio artists,
who created pieces inspired by books that have been banned or challenged in the United States in
2024. The artists explore themes of censorship, freedom of expression, and the impact of these
literary works through a variety of mediums, including painting, collage, and mixed media.
Participating artists include:
● Rose M. Albin – The Giving Tree (Shel Silverstein)
● Vera B. – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
● Liv Collins – Are You There God, It’s Me, Margaret (Judy Blume)
● Travis Deen – Julián Is a Mermaid (Jessica Love)
● Abriel (bob) Gardner – A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L’Engle)
● Neah Gray – To Kill a Mockingbird (Harper Lee)
● Lila Green – I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (Maya Angelou)
● Jane Huntington – Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
● Free Inside – Where The Wild Things Are (Maurice Sendak)
● Adji Ngathe Kebe – Paradise (Toni Morrison)
● Meridith McNeal – Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (Bill Martin Jr.)
● Karla Stangel Prickett – Consumers Guide
● Ed Rath – Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)
● Jacob Rath – Beloved (Toni Morrison) & 1984 (George Orwell)
