GREEN x GOLD : KINGSTON BIENNIAL @ NATIONAL GALLERY OF JAMAICA
https://nationalgalleryofjamaica.wordpress.com/category/kingston-biennial/kingston-biennial-2024/
Portrait of Frances Perez Rodriguez by Lehna Huie
DIVINE INTERVENTION @ Governor’s Island - Nolan Park
Divine Intervention : Stories of Love & Solidarity (August 18 - November 3, 2024) uplifts the work of cultural workers, organizers, and artists drawing together diverse stories of devotion to their communities during the COVID years (2020-present) in solidarity within global freedom struggles.
Through interdisciplinary research methods, this installation translates interview processes into applied textile, collage, photographic and video-based interpretations of daily rituals of care, commitment, and recovery that are rooted in anti-imperialism and decolonization. Utilizing plant matter as a means of connecting the spirit of nature with oral traditions, Divine Intervention considers that for many, the path towards freedom includes tapping into a variety of healing methods and practices that inform and assist in navigating life’s many twists and turns illustrating varying expressions of love and presence inviting the audience to reflect on how war, genocide, and freedom impact us all… More details coming soon.
WORD OF MOUTH : MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART DETROIT
Word of Mouth ( June 28 - October 4, 2024 ) Detroit , MI Join us on Friday, June 28, to celebrate our Summer 2024 Exhibitions. Doors open at 5:00 p.m. calls attention to the implicit processes and relationships that bring each work together, gesturing toward the underlying ecosystems that support and stimulate the individuals powering the art world through their knowledge, labor, and material expertise. By echoing these networks within its decentralized and peer-to-peer approach to curatorial decision-making, Word of Mouth plays with the formality of organizational structures and celebrates everyday acts of collectivity and exchange.
The exhibition continues the communal mission of Mike Kelley’s Mobile Homestead, a permanent public artwork located on the museum’s grounds. Kelley conceived it to host experiments deeply tied to community care.
IMAGINING OUR FUTURE : WEEKSVILLE HERITAGE CENTER
Imagining Our Future ( May 9 - May 29, 2024 ) Brooklyn, NY , Debuting at our 2nd Annual Benefit, Imagining Our Future is inspired by this moment of reflection on where we began and how far we’ve come. The collection of works seek to answer the question: What does it mean to collectively imagine our future today?
From healing societal wounds, strengthening bonds between each other, and becoming better stewards of our natural world, these artists speak to the collective nurturing of our immediate environments as we prepare to birth new worlds together.
PRINTED MATTERS : NY ARTBOOK FAIR 2024
Printed Matter’s NY Art Book Fair ( April 25 - 28 , 2024 ) Grateful to be sharing a limited edition of prints with Bulk Space presenting Books, posters, zines and prints in my beloved NYC! Looking forward to seeing you there!
MOMCARES : MOM MIC : REGINALD LEWIS MUSEUM
MOM MIC ( April 12, 2024 ) Let’s shine a spotlight on the creative brilliance of mothers – this Black Maternal Health Week. From powerful poetry to captivating visual art and soul-stirring performances. Hosted by Olufunmike Woods - Olu Butterfly, it’s a celebration of motherhood, creativity, and community.
MOLASSES: SWEETER DA JUICE : ROUSE COMPANY FOUNDATION GALLERY
Molasses : Sweeter Da Juice ( January 16 - March 17, 2024 ) is a visual montage, a multi-faceted essay of art practices in film, photography, performance, and its depictions of the notions of identity, unpacking the sweet yet embedded memories that we live by but also paying tribute throughout our genetic make up.
BANDUNG LEARNINGS : FORD FOUNDATION
Bandung Learnings @ Ford Foundation Center for Social Justice ( Feb 8, 2024 ) Asian American Arts Alliance (A4) and Museum of Contemporary Diasporan Arts (MoCADA) invite you to join the second cohort of Bandung Residents for a celebration, discussion, and community gathering on How Artists are Building Black and Asian Solidarity in NYC. The discussion will take a panel format with time for Q&A, followed by a reception ( RSVP required).
KINDERPUBLIC
( Oct 2, 2023 ) Multimedia artist and reproductive justice advocate Lehna Huie discusses her Pan-African and Caribbean identity, the personal, familial, and cultural context of her art, her work in community and healing modalities. We will discuss Lehna’s work as an artist, her Pan-African and Caribbean identity, the opportunities within mothering, her interest in healing modalities, and her work towards reproductive justice.
Lehna spoke about her experience with Baltimore’s partial removal of monuments dedicated to confederate leadership, and her research of Harriet Tubman’s work and life there, which informed Lehna’s work titled Mysticism of Faith, and which led her to a deeper understanding of the basis for personal resilience.
RETURN TO THE LAND : ARTIST TALK : MOTOR HOUSE
Return to the Land : Artist Talk ( October 10, 2023 ) Art allows for expression, hope and imagination: in this exhibition, the curator, Jessy DeSantis invites you to sit with the embodiment of the many different displays the exhibiting artists have expressed themselves as connected, in communion with, or as one with the land.
STATION NORTH : ART WALK AREA 405
Station North Art Walk ( August, 25, 2023 ) Join us for the Station North Art Walk, an evening of simultaneous exhibitions, performances, and special events in the Station North Arts District with a spotlight on the Greenmount West neighborhood.
~ Lehna Huie ~ ~ Charles Mason III ~ Plied Yarns ~ SIFU SUN ~Jared Christensen ~ Do Good Video ~ Brandon Donahue-Shipp ~ Jon Malis ~ Terence Nicholson
RETURN TO THE LAND : MOTORHOUSE
Return to the Land ( August 24 - October 10, 2023 ) Guest curator and Baltimore based artist Jessy DeSantis (they/them) is curating a contemporary exhibition highlighting artists’ interpretive expression of their relationship with the Land. “Returning to the land is essentially returning to yourself because you are the land” states the curator. “Generations of separating ourselves from nature has led to our current lived experiences of this ecological emergency. For reversal, our way of human living would have to change drastically, it would need to be revolutionary. However unattainable that may feel, a manageable step towards that is of that internal revolution in returning to who we fundamentally are”.
ELSEWHERE STUDIOS : ARTIST RESIDENCY: FINAL FRIDAY
Final Friday ( July 28, 2023 ) We host artists from around the world and provide them with the opportunity to focus on their work in a unique and supportive environment. Elsewhere is an eclectic, imaginative space that values exploration and experimentation. Residents have lots of freedom to structure their time how they wish, connecting with the community, exploring the outdoors, working on their own, etc. Residents share their work and processes with the community through Final Fridays and additional public events. Residents often host additional events, teaching classes or workshops in the community or other interactive projects.
ROYALTY ABSTRACTED : RUSH ARTS PHILLY
ROYALTY ABSTRACTED ( July 1 - August 1, 2023 ) Step into a realm of artistic brilliance as we unveil a mesmerizing exhibition featuring the exceptional works of Lehna Huie, Kate Fauvell, Ashley Cole, and Nettrice Gaskins. 🎭🎨
Immerse yourself in a tapestry of colors, shapes, and emotions as these talented women artists take you on a captivating journey of self-expression and creativity. ✨💫 Step into a world where art transcends boundaries and royalty takes on a new meaning!
Don't miss out on this extraordinary artistic experience! Visit Rush Arts Philadelphia and immerse yourself in the beauty of Royalty Abstracted. 🎨✨👑✨ #lehnahuie
STATION NORTH ART WALK : AREA 405
STATION NORTH ART WALK : AREA 405
Join us for the first Station North Art Walk of 2023, an evening of simultaneous exhibitions, performances, and special events in the Station North Arts District with a spotlight on the Charles North neighborhood.
Join Area 405 artists for open studios and an outdoor pop-up. Artists working here will open their studio doors to the public.
~ Lehna Huie ~ Jon Malis ~ Charles Mason III ~ Terence Nicholson - ~ Do Good Video Productions ~ Plied Yarns ~ Weaverknits
MOCADA & A4 : 2023 BANDUNG RESIDENCY
Grateful to be a participant of the 2023 Bandung Residency Cohort!
The Museum of Contemporary African Diasporan Arts and Asian American Arts Alliance announce the 2023 cohort of New York-based artists for the 2nd annual Bandung Residency, each selected for their ambitions to foster allyship between Asian American Pacific Islander and Black communities. This year’s residency will support 10 projects by 12 participants, with two projects implemented by artist collectives or partnerships.
Read more about Lehna’s Project Below:
Project: Through interdisciplinary research methods, this activation space gathers stories of love and solidarity among global freedom struggles. It uplifts representations of diverse spiritual paths utilizing textile, collage, and video-based offerings honoring daily rituals of care, commitment, and recovery.
HYPERALLERGIC : STONELEAF / ART MAMAS
Check out this spectacular feature of Lehna’s time @ ArtMama’s Residency @ Stoneleaf Retreat written by Taylor Michael
STONELEAF: ART MAMAS RESIDENCY
Lehna Huie is the recipient of the first Art Mamas Family Residency and Aisha Tandiwe Bell, Lucia Cuba, and Joetta Maue will participate in the inaugural Art Mamas Group Residency. Click here to read more about the artists.
A JOURNEY NOT SOON FORGOTTEN: ARLINGTON ARTS CENTER
A Journey Not Soon Forgotten explores the global impacts of migration. This exhibition follows the practices of nine artists who have either immigrated to the United States themselves or are the children of immigrants. The artwork on display showcases the physicality, spirituality, and conceptuality that is birthed through migration. Artists in this exhibition are working through ideas of lineage and labor while also examining political interests and significant historical events – domestic and abroad – that affect their self-identity and many of the people(s) they care about. A Journey Not Soon Forgotten features artists that share their personal experiences with migration in an effort to advocate for the interests of these global communities.
A Journey Not Soon Forgotten is curated by Thomas James, independent curator and Executive Director of the Last Resort Artist Retreat in Baltimore, MD. The exhibition includes work by nine artists: Jessica Elena Aquino (Brooklyn, NY), Antonius-Tin Bui & Theresa-Xuan Bui (Baltimore, MD and Chicago, IL ), Ainsley Burrows (Baltimore, MD), Lehna Huie (Baltimore, MD), Sam Husseini (Prince George’s County, MD), Thiang Uk (Baltimore, MD), Fahimeh Vahdat (Howard County, MD), You Wu (Baltimore, MD), and Helen Zughaib (Washington, DC).
Iteration of Wood and Water Installation by Lehna Huie
QUARTAIR: BACK TO NORMAL
Back to Normal
We are excited to join forces in The Hague Contemporary Art Weekend with Back to Normal, an international collaborative exhibition & network event, initiated by the Alternative Art Guide and Artist-Run Network Europe (ARNE).
Back to Normal is loosely based on the recurring idea of "normality" after the pandemic, and more recently challenged by the emergence of the war. The exhibition runs from July 1st to 24th, involving twelve artistic initiatives: Quartair, Billytown, Hgtomi Rosa, Trixie, Artisterium, Flux Factory, U10, Sandwich Gallery, 16/16, C5cnm, MA Project, Uniarte.
Opening: Friday, 1 July, 2022 Exhibition hours: Friday, Saturday, Sunday, 13:00 - 18:00 Until Sunday, 24 July, 2022
Special program: Fri, 1 July – Opening | Collective walk tour route | 19:00 (all locations) Quartair + Trixie + Billytown, Sat, 2 July – Interview, performance, survey and network meeting (at Billytown) 14:00 – 18:00
Sun, 3 July – Informal talks by the artists (by venue) 13:30 Trixie | 15:00 Quartair | 16:30 Billytown
Is an artist-run space only a presentation and production hub, or should we re-conceive what we are doing? Can we stop the regular pace of our activities and engage in self-reflection? Shouldn't we move forward rather than go 'back to normal'?
The Alternative Art Guide invited four artist-run spaces from The Hague to join this project: Hgtomi Rosa, Quartair, Trixie and Billytown. Each of them, in turn, paired with another artist-run space abroad, to form a collective of sorts and present 24 artists from the 12 initiatives. This exhibition is part of a larger program within The Hague Contemporary Art Weekend 2022.
Participating artists:
Barney de Krijger, Netherlands, Bernice Nauta, Netherlands, Bram De Jonghe, Belgium/Netherlands
Cristian Răduță, Romania, Dana LaMonda, Netherlands, Daniela Pălimariu, Romania, Elene Rakviashvili, Georgia
Iva Kuzmanović, Serbia, Jan Dirk Adams, Netherlands, Jin Ningning, China, Jonas Raps, Netherlands
Kexin Hao, China, Lehna Huie, USA, Letizia Cassetta, Italy, Lidija Delić, Serbia, Manuchar Okrostsvaridze, Georgia, Marija Šević, Serbia, Nemanja Nikolić, Serbia, Nina Ivanović, Serbia, Qing Qu, China/Italy, Raily Yance, Venezuela/Curaçao, Sheila Chukwulozie, Nigeria, Thijs Jaeger, Netherlands, Yukari Nakamichi, Netherlands
Zhang Miao, China
Back to Normal is supported by:Stroom Den Haag, ARNE, Creative Europe, Municipality of The Hague
GLOBAL FUND FOR WOMEN: ARTIST CHANGEMAKER
I am very grateful to participate in the second cohort of the Global Fund for Women - Artist Changemaker Program along with Palestinian artist/ filmmaker Mona Benyamin.
The Artist Changemaker Program at Global Fund for Women supports artists who are making the gender justice revolution irresistible by using their art as a tool for new visions of a world with equity and equality for all.
NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS: MFA ISSUE #153
Grateful to be featured in the latest issue of New American Paintings MFA # 153 . My work is featured on pages 80-83. I look forward to receiving the printed edition.
FEATURE: CHAUTAUQUA SCHOOL OF ART
Lehna’s Studio at Chautauqua Visual Arts where she was a participating resident artist Summer of 2021. Read Interview Here
INTERVIEW TIME! I am so grateful I was able to connect with so many wonderful artists this past summer at #Chautauqua! This is an interview I held with Lehna Huie ('21) at her studio in July 2021. - Wadiah Mohammed
I am grateful to have participated in the Chautauqua School of Art Residency this past summer. It was a restorative experience where I was able to create works exploring the mediums of ceramics, collage and video. Read Interview Here.
Select Image from I Have Never Felt Sorrow Without Reason - Work by Lehna Huie
REPERCUSSIONS : REDEFINING THE BLACK AESTHETIC
Lehna Huie with her Water Spirit piece at the Repercussions exhibit at the Eubie Blake Jazz and Cultural Center, Baltimore, MD. September, 2021
REPERCUSSIONS: Redefining the Black Aesthetic
I am grateful to have participated in this show among some wonderful artists. Read more about the work below.
"More than 50 years removed from the 1960s ‘new abstraction’ movement, contemporary Black artists are creating abstract works that add new layers to what we consider fine art. This work is important to analyze as these artists tell new stories, inserting themselves into the conversations affecting the modern world."
—Thomas James, Exhibition Curator
REPERCUSSIONS : REDEFINING THE BLACK AESTHETIC
FEATURED IN BMORE ART
“Material is magnificent and magnified in this show, and as a whole, the works beg you to come closer and to truly see them. They talk to each other, and rich conversations spring up between them, the gallery functioning as an interlocutor between ancestors, predecessors, and these artists.” - Teri Henderson
Read Online: Abstract Dialogues: ‘Repercussions’ at the Eubie Blake Cultural Center @eubieblakecenter curated by @thomasjames.dc
Read on BMoreArt: Abstract Dialogues: Repercussions at the Eubie Blake Cultural Center
This group exhibition of contemporary Black Baltimore- and DC-based artists plays on personal and collective histories September 23, 2021.
First image: Lehna Huie, Water Spirit, 2020, fabric, canvas strips, acrylic, fringe, window panes, candelabra @lehnahuie
First image: Lehna Huie, Water Spirit, 2020, fabric, canvas strips, acrylic, fringe, window panes, candelabra @lehnahuie
This show presents 31 works by the artists Adewale Alli, Alexandre Amegah, Antonio McAfee, Asha Elana Casey, Bria Sterling Wilson, Charles Phillippe Jean-Pierre, Desmond Beach, Ky Vassor, Lehna Huie, Lionel Frazier White III, QRCKY, Rebecca Marimutu, Sarah Stefana Smith, Suldano Abdiruhman, Victoria Walton, and Wesley Clark.
SHE PERFORMS : SPOTLIGHT LEHNA HUIE
For the second year in a row, the majority of art schools have opted not to stage graduate shows or open studios (Rundgänge in Germany) as a consequence of the ongoing global pandemic. These opportunities for both current and graduating students to showcase their work to the public, gallerists and other art world professionals are crucial as they embark on their careers as practising artists, which is why we decided to dedicate our summer to publishing this series of Spotlights featuring recent graduates from all over the world.
This week is the last in the series and we’re delighted to close it out with Lehna Huie, selected by our NYC Correspondent, Caroline Blockus.
Read: She Performs Spotlight: Lehna Huie
THE SPACE FOR CREATIVE BLACK IMAGINATION
I HAVE NEVER FELT SORROW WITHOUT REASON
The Space for Creative Black Imagination responds to the challenges of the 21st century by its dedication to the study of culture, race, social justice, and imagination beyond established paradigms, through interdisciplinary, interactive and social projects in visual, design, and media studies. Check out The Space for Creative Black Imagination website.
Lehna Huie is a 2021 Making and Research Fellow. Read more about her project below:
I Have Never Felt Sorrow Without Reason
This project is a digital and handheld zine - that is a collection of visual stories on life as a Black woman artist, mother and student finding her voice in the time of COVID. It is centered on narratives of family, motherhood, intergenerational trauma and healing from grief. The project includes a resource segment for Black and Brown students navigating art school and art institutions . The project includes a resource segment for Black and Brown students navigating art school and art institutions .
It is accompanied by collaborative soundscapes and poetry featuring artist and professor Unique Robinson including key points with artist and professor Abigail DeVille on working with a mentor, research strategies, professional development, documentation and best studio practices. The collages explore psychological relationships between interior and exterior spaces in the home, the mind, the body and in larger geographies finding grounding in the midst of the loss and disorientation of these times. The series reflects on the experiences I have felt while recovering aspects of my cultural identity. It addresses the act of rejecting limiting definitions of Blackness in art, addressing displacement, distortion and power in these stories.
MARYLAND INSTITUTE COLLEGE OF ART
I am honored to be recognized and supported by my family and graduate school community!!! It means a lot! I graduated as Master of Fine Arts 2021- Multidisciplinary Art from Mount Royal College of Art as a hybrid student of Hoffberger School of Painting with a Certificate in the College Teaching of Art where I received the Sydney Lake Leadership Memorial Award. It is where I also received the Hoffberger Program Fellowship and merit scholarship.
MOMENT IN TIME : VOLUME I
Moment in Time books - I am very thankful to have had a successful run of selling out a limited edition of Volume I : Moment in Time ✨ . The artist books feature original writing and prints of my ink pieces from the series. Read about Moment in Time series
ARTIST IN RESIDENCE: CHAUTAUQUA SCHOOL OF ART
Grateful to have been a participant at the Chautauqua School of Art residency program, a centerpiece of the renowned Chautauqua Institution’s Visual Arts program (CVA), is an incubator of inclusive and expansive programming in the visual arts. The 2021 School of Art Residency Program is multigenerational, inclusive, and centered on working with thought leaders in small and intimate group settings.
ARTSY
How to Responsibly Collect Work by MFA Students I am grateful to have been featured with my fellow MICA students (now alum).
DEPARTMENT OF US ARTS AND CULTURE
HEALING: A PEOPLE’S WPA
Healing: A People’s WPA
I am honored to have designed the Healing Poster for this phenomenal project in collaboration with MomCares.
The U.S. Department of Arts and Culture (@usartsdept) is excited to introduce A People’s WPA, a blueprint reimagining the role of artistic labor in rebuilding society. Read the publication featuring the work of 25 stellar artists and collectives transforming society today, graphic poster homages from 25 acclaimed graphic artists, essays from thinkers in the field, and a policy toolkit on how to advocate for a federally funded public works program. Download at usdac.us/peopleswpa
Posters
In the spirit of the original WPA, we commissioned artists to produce posters that uplift the essential forms of labor needed in this historic moment.
Check out the full collection here!
ARCHIPELAGO: HOFFBERGER SCHOOL OF PAINTING
It has been a gift to participate in this book project led by Professor Joan Waltemath, Stephen Ellis and Tony Venne. It features my former classmates’ artwork and reflections on life in the time of quarantine.
Artists include:
Colleen Harkins, Lehna Huie, Sylv Litz, Ian Miyamura, Jay Rangam, Eric Schneider, Tyler Siegrist, Ryan Strochinsky, Zhaojuan Sun, Thiang Uk, Zan Wang, Xinyu Wu
ART MILE DETROIT
Thankful to have been included:
BULK Space Artist Residency and Shylo Arts Detroit participated in the ignaugural Art Mile Detroit, a citywide digital art exhibition that champions Detroit’s vibrant and diverse arts community by promoting public programs and online acquisitions.
Taking place July 29 - August 5th, Art Mile featured nearly 60 of Detroit’s local art galleries, institutional non-profits, museums, and artist run spaces.
Jackfruit, Lehna Huie
ARE YOU ENTERTAINED? :
BLACK POPULAR CULTURE IN THE TWENTY FIRST CENTURY
The advent of the internet and the availability of social media and digital downloads have expanded the creation, distribution, and consumption of Black cultural production as never before. At the same time, a new generation of Black public intellectuals who speak to the relationship between race, politics, and popular culture has come into national prominence. - Duke University Press
”Hence the present work seeks to fill this gap in the current discourse on Black popular culture by discussing the work of seven artists: Lehna Huie, Shani Jamila, Soraya Jean-Louis, April Sunami, Jason Wallace, Ike Okafor-Newsum, Leonardo Benzant and Simone Drake.” from Are Your Entertained?
https://www.dukeupress.edu/are-you-entertained
Contributors. Takiyah Nur Amin, Patricia Hill Collins, Kelly Jo Fulkerson-Dikuua, Simone C. Drake, Dwan K. Henderson, Imani Kai Johnson, Ralina L. Joseph, David J. Leonard, Emily J. Lordi, Nina Angela Mercer, Mark Anthony Neal, H. Ike Okafor-Newsum, Kinohi Nishikawa, Eric Darnell Pritchard, Richard Schur, Tracy Sharpley-Whiting, Vincent Stephens, Lisa B. Thompson, Sheneese Thompson
SAY HER NAME: GUCCI CHIME SPECIAL
AFRICAN AMERICAN POLICY FORUM
Chime Zine, powered by Gucci.com, has unveiled its latest edition, each page dedicated to spotlighting the lives of Black women and girls who have been killed by police violence or while in state custody.
LGBTQ activist Adam Eli has relinquished editorship of the special edition to Kimberlé Crenshaw, executive director of The African American Policy Forum, where she started the #SayHerName campaign in 2014.
Forbes Chime for Change
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF)
About Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF):
Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural and man-made disasters, and exclusion from health care, regardless of race, religion, gender or political affiliation. www.doctorswithoutborders.org
HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 23, 2020--Triton International Limited (NYSE: TRTN), the world's largest shipping container leasing and sales company, has committed to support the international medical humanitarian organization Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) by launching the #Triton4MSF campaign to donate funds and raise awareness around the world.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200623005769/en/Triton-Containers-Carry-Message-of-Hope-and-Health-Across-the-Globe
Creating a Living Legacy Voices of Contemporary Art (CALL VoCA)
Legacy Specialist Talk at Pratt Institute
On December 6, 2019, VoCA ( Voices in Contemporary Art ) Program Committee member Christie Mitchell, Senior Curatorial Assistant of the Whitney Museum of American Art moderated a discussion with artists and CALL Legacy Specialists Lehna Huie and Beth Krebs at Pratt Institute.
This conversation featured the voices of those artists who helped inventory and organize the work of the CALL recipients, and reflected upon each artist's own work, as well as the intergenerational collaboration fostered by the Joan Mitchell Foundation.
