Installation views of “Rahim Fortune: Between a Memory and Me” on view at Art + Practice through September 5, 2026.
This exhibition is organized by the Center for Photography at Woodstock. The exhibition is co-presented by the California African American Museum and Art + Practice as part of CAAM at A+P, a five-year collaboration.
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We appreciate the folks that showed up for Study Jams on Saturday! Come engage with our little library and see our current exhibition this week.
Our hours are Tuesday - Saturday, 11am - 5pm.
For his Los Angeles debut Artist Rahim Fortune will lead a walkthrough of his exhibition, Between a Memory and Me and complementary exhibition Kinship & Community: Selections from the Texas African American Photography Archive!!!
SPACE IS LIMITED RSVP NOW LINK IN STORY/BIO
Thanks to everyone who came through for opening weekend! Excited to share these photos—and what’s coming next. “Kinship & Community” and “Between a Memory and Me” are up through September 5, don’t miss it.
“Kinship & Community: Selections from the Texas African American Photography Archive” AND “Rahim Fortune: Between a Memory and Me” are open now!
We’re here:
Tuesday - Saturday | 11:00a - 5:00p
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NOW OPEN AT ART+PRACTICE: “Rahim Fortune: Between a Memory and Me”
“Between a Memory and Me” is the first solo exhibition in Los Angeles of work by Rahim Fortune. Born in Austin, Texas, and raised in the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, Fortune uses photography to explore the layered, complex nature of American identity, foregrounding the connections between the communities he photographs and the land they inhabit.
Fortune’s black-and-white photographs from his Hardtack project weave together tender and reverent portraits of Black life, vast landscapes, and closeup studies. The exhibition also includes Fortune’s new color photographs, commissioned by Aperture and Documentary Arts and created in response to the Texas African American Photography Archive. Fortune’s short film, also on view, takes viewers through the fields and roads of rural Texas, lingering lovingly on quiet, exquisite details. Together they celebrate the histories embedded in the landscape of the American South and the traditions they carry forward.
“Between a Memory and Me” is organized by the Center for Photography at Woodstock. The exhibition is co-presented by the California African American Museum and Art + Practice as part of CAAM at A+P, a five-year collaboration.
NOW OPEN AT ART+PRACTICE: “Kinship & Community: Selections from the Texas African American Photography Archive”
Throughout the twentieth century, nearly every small town in the United States boasted a local studio photographer. These skilled image makers were dedicated to recording the people and events of their communities. Much of this vernacular visual culture has been dispersed or destroyed. “Kinship & Community” takes a look at a rare slice of that history, focusing on the work of Black photographers working in urban neighborhoods and rural villages across eastern Texas from 1944 to 1984.
Central to the exhibition is the role of the community photographer, who documents, even shapes, a close-knit place by emphasizing the people and rituals of everyday life: portraits, parties, rodeos, church meetings, parades, political gatherings, and school photos. Drawn from the Texas African American Photography Archive, the works span some of the most volatile and consequential years of the civil rights movement, collectively showing the daily experiences of Black life in Texas against the backdrop of segregation and a rapidly changing world.
“Kinship & Community: Selections from the Texas African American Photography Archive” is organized by the Center for Photography at Woodstock and curated by Nicole R. Fleetwood, independent curator and Paulette Goddard Professor at New York University, with research assistance from Eva Cilman and Anisa Jackson. The exhibition is co-presented by the California African American Museum and Art + Practice as part of CAAM at A+P, a five-year collaboration.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR!!
We are opening our new exhibitions this Saturday, April 18th. Come visit us to explore Black Texan life through photography!
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We’re celebrating the opening of “Kinship & Community” with independent curator Nicole R. Fleetwood and Getty Research curator LeRonn P. Brooks as they deep dive into Black Photography Archives.
View the show on opening day from 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Before the program starts at 6pm, visit and support our neighbors!
KINSHIP & COMMUNITY: SELECTIONS FROM THE TEXAS AFRICAN AMERICAN PHOTOGRAPHY ARCHIVE
Opening April 18th at 11:00 a.m.
Throughout the twentieth century, nearly every small town in the United States boasted a local studio photographer. These skilled image makers were dedicated to recording the people and events of their communities. Much of this vernacular visual culture has been dispersed or destroyed. Kinship & Community takes a look at a rare slice of that history, focusing on the work of Black photographers working in urban neighborhoods and rural villages across eastern Texas from 1944 to 1984.
Central to the exhibition is the role of the community photographer, who documents, even shapes, a close-knit place by emphasizing the people and rituals of everyday life: portraits, parties, rodeos, church meetings, parades, political gatherings, and school photos. Drawn from the Texas African American Photography Archive, the works span some of the most volatile and consequential years of the civil rights movement, collectively showing the daily experiences of Black life in Texas against the backdrop of segregation and a rapidly changing world.
RAHIM FORTUNE: BETWEEN A MEMORY AND ME
Opening: April 18th at 11:00 a.m.
Between a Memory and Me is the first solo exhibition in Los Angeles of work by Rahim Fortune. Born in Austin, Texas, and raised in the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma, Fortune uses photography to explore the layered, complex nature of American identity, foregrounding the connections between the communities he photographs and the land they inhabit.
Fortune’s black-and-white photographs from his Hardtack project weave together tender and reverent portraits of Black life, vast landscapes, and close-up studies. The exhibition also includes Fortune’s new color photographs, commissioned by Aperture and Documentary Arts and created in response to the Texas African American Photography Archive. Fortune’s short film, also on view, takes viewers through the fields and roads of rural Texas, lingering lovingly on quiet, exquisite details. Together, they celebrate the histories embedded in the landscape of the American South and the traditions they carry forward.
