Atlanta is home to many accomplished Black visual artists, including William Downs. He has created an exhibition to showcase six Black women artists who express their identities either through hair, heritage or community in their works. The show “Stars and Feelings” is on view at Eyedrum through June 19. William Downs joined “City Lights” host Lois Reitzes to talk about how he came to gather these inspiring artists and celebrate their work.
An artist out of the spotlight, shining it on Black women creators:
“I feel like in my long years of making art and traveling around; there hasn’t been an exhibition that was this focused on particularly young Black American women who explore different media, mediums,” Downs said. “But I was influenced also by the way that they produce work. Not only do they make drawings and paintings and sculpture, they all make murals. So I thought that was a really beautiful connection that I drew everybody together with.”
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