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THE CREATIVE COLLAB | BRONZEVILLE ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCY MENTOR PROGRAM is a mentoring-focused Artist-in-Residency program that connects youth with a professional creative. Each youth participant will have access to mentors across the creative spectrum in their area of interest. Participants will be immersed in a diverse creative environment, where they will witness everyday practices of creative professionalism, methods of creative production, problem-solving, the proper methods of documentation, and how best to utilize their specific skill sets. This exhibit will showcase work from our Spring/Summer cohort & other community members.

Niche Book Bar will be hosting the art of Rosy Petri, a self-taught fiber artist fusing printmaking, photography and multimedia storytelling. Petri creates contemporary iconography seasoned with Black history, music and culture. Part autobiography, part documentary, the work is about self-discovery, history and radical Black Joy.

It is important for her to acknowledge that her ancestors are the descendants of the survivors of the Middle Passage. Petri’s work is intended to honor the ancestors (known and forgotten) by carrying on cultural traditions as they have manifested in her life. The work is an offering of rhythm, color and celebration for them.