Black Dimensions In Art, Inc.

Please come out to the @tangteachingmuseum Thursday, April 23, at 6 pm, for a talk by Afro-Caribbean interdisciplinary artist and scholar Patricia Encarnación, entitled Stories for Post-Coloniality: Memorias, Cimarronas, & Un Quilombo Tropical (Maroon Memories). Encarnación’s work challenges colonial tropes within African diasporic culture, with a particular focus on the Caribbean, approached through an anti-colonial lens. Encarnación’s multi media work was featured in Black Dimensions in Art, Inc. (BDA)’s 50th anniversary exhibition “For Liberation and For Life” 2025 This talk is supported by the Skidmore College’s International Affairs Program, Latin American, Caribbean and Latinx Studies Program, Black Studies Program, MDOCS, the World Languages and Literatures Department, and the Tang Museum. @patricia.encarnacion.c @mdocs.skidmore

Black Dimensions in Art, inc. in collaboration with the Albany District Links! This is a beautiful exhibit that you won’t want to miss. Please join us at the reception on Saturday, April 4, from 1-3 pm at the Spring Street Gallery, 110 Spring Street in Saratoga Springs, NY. @springstreetgallerysaratoga

⏰🖼️ Final days—the Albany Institute is open every day now through December 31! This is your last chance to visit For Liberation and For Life: The Legacy of Black Dimensions in Art and Jacob Lawrence: Three Series of Prints—a monumental celebration marking the 50th anniversary of Black Dimensions in Art, Inc., alongside a solo exhibition by one of the most celebrated artists of the twentieth century, both on view through December 31. Friday, December 26: 10AM–5PM Saturday, December 27: 10AM–5PM Sunday, December 28: 12–5PM Monday, December 29: 10AM–5PM Tuesday, December 30: 10AM–5PM Wednesday, December 31: 10AM–5PM Spend the final days of the year with art, history, and culture. ✨ #blackdimensionsinart #jacoblawrence

what an honor to celebrate the 50th anniversary of @bda_arts ! from the moment they took me under their wing, i have felt unconditionally loved and supported, and i wouldn’t be where/who i am without them. this exhibition has one more week of viewing!! go see this magnificent show before it closes! xoxo #fiberart #fiberartist #sewing #quilting #artist #artistsoninstagram #glitter #conceptual #queerartist #blackartist #queerart #puppet #puppeteer #handmade #shadowpuppet #creature #puppettheater #art #fantasy #fabricator #puppetfabricator #puppetart #performance #performanceart #afrofantasy

@albanyinstitute Your guide to visiting the museum this holiday season. ❄️ The final days of “For Liberation and For Life: The Legacy of Black Dimensions in Art” 🖼️ Wed, Dec 24: Open 10AM–5PM 🎄 Thurs, Dec 25: Closed for Christmas Day 🖼️ Fri, Dec 26: Open 10AM–5PM 🖼️👨‍👩‍👧‍👧🎨 Sat, Dec 27: Open 10AM–5PM; 11AM Family Tour, free with admission; 12–4PM Art for All, free with admission 🖼️🗣️ Sun, Dec 28: Open 12–5PM; 2PM Docent Tour, free with admission 🖼️🎨 Mon, Dec 29: Open 10AM–5PM; 12–3PM Art Cart, free with admission 🖼️🎨 Tues, Dec 30: Open 10AM–5PM; 12–3PM Art Cart, free with admission ⏰🖼️🎨 Wed, Dec 31: Open 10AM–5PM; final day of “For Liberation and For Life: The Legacy of Black Dimensions in Art” and “Jacob Lawrence: Three Series of Prints”; 12–3PM Art Cart, free with admission 🛍️ Shop small and support the museum! Plus, AIHA members enjoy 20% through Dec 31 Photos © Fullness of Joy #aroundalbany #discoveralbany #albanyevents

"In 1976, just a year after its formation, Black Dimensions in Art received its first exhibition at a major museum: Albany Institute of History & Art. Forty-nine years later, in the midst of the all-volunteer arts advocacy group’s 50th anniversary celebrations, the two organizations have reunited for the sprawling For Liberation and For Life: The Legacy of Black Dimensions in Art, running through Dec. 31." – Katherine Kiessling, Times Union Final days to visit this expansive exhibition, featuring 95 artists and over 100 works. Plan your visit at albanyinstitute.org. Photos © Spencer House Studio #blackdimensionsinart

🎙️ New episode of The Object Itself with photographer Clifford Oliver! We discuss Gordon Parks’ iconic "American Gothic" and the power of the still image. Listen on YouTube, Apple Podcasts, or Spotify. Clifford Oliver, born and raised in New York City, has lived his entire adult life in rural upstate New York where he raised a small family, a few dogs, and chases horses. Clifford began his career in photography while serving in the U.S. Navy. While maintaining staff photographer positions with Upstate Medical Centre and later NYS Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation, Clifford freelanced for local artists, stables, farms, magazines, and weddings. → cliffordoliver.zenfolio.com @cliffordoliver9613 🌟 Series of spotlights on artists featured in For Liberation and For Life: The Legacy of Black Dimensions in Art, on view now through December 31. [American Gothic, Gordon Parks, 1942. At Play on the Friendship Rose, Clifford Oliver, 2015; Corning Tower & Umbrella Girls, Clifford Oliver, 2005; Black Capital (Albany), Clifford Oliver, 2015] #cliffordoliver #blackdimensionsinart

Repost • @swivelgallery #Featured: Lucia Hierro’s “Apagones y Cuentos” will be presented as part of The Albany Institute of Art and Black Dimensions in Art’s 50th Anniversary Exhibition, “For Liberation and For Life.” The exhibition will show over sixty works by contemporary NYS artists, and twenty works by national & internationally recognized artists. Alongside Hierro, showcased artists include Deborah Willis, Kerry James Marshall, Alison Saar, Fred Wilson, Emory Douglas, Paula Wilson, Gordon Parks, Kwame Brathwaite, Romare Bearden, Zanele Muholi, April Bey, Candace Hill - Montgomery, Stephanie Santana, Jillian Marie Browning and Julia Bottoms. Commemorating BDA’s 50th anniversary and celebrating the ongoing legacy of artistic brilliance embodied across the African Diaspora, the exhibition will be on view from August 23rd to December 31st, at The Albany Institute of History & Art. Lucia Hierro (b. 1987) Apagones y Cuentos, 2021 Felt, Foam, Digital Print On Brushed Suede 36 H x 36 W x 2 D in. 91 H x 91 W x 5 D cm.

⏳ Final month to visit! Don’t miss For Liberation and For Life: The Legacy of Black Dimensions in Art and Jacob Lawrence: Three Series of Prints, on view through December 31. Featured in Hyperallergic, Metroland, the Times Union, and WAMC, these exhibitions celebrate Black arts—past and present—through a powerful range of historic and contemporary works across multiple mediums. Visit before they close and experience two landmark shows you won’t want to miss. Photos © Spencer House Studio #blackdimensionsinart #jacoblawrence

“To Reflect Us, To Relate To Us”: Artists Roundtable on the Legacy of Black Dimensions in Art December 7th, 2025 - 2:00pm @albanyinstitute Join us for a conversation between Sean Desiree @seandesireestudio , Patricia Encarnación @patricia.encarnacion.c , Clifford Oliver @cliffordoliver9613 , ransome @ransomegart , Jean-Marc Superville Sovak @supersovak —all artists currently exhibiting in For Liberation and For Life: The Legacy of Black Dimensions in Art—moderated by Rachel Cantave. This talk is a part of a series of programs held at the Albany Institute of History & Art that highlight the artists, mission, and legacy of Black Dimensions in Art, Inc. (BDA), the Capital Region’s longest-running Black arts collective celebrating its fiftieth anniversary this year. “For Liberation and For Life” is on view through December 31st, please get out and see this monumental exhibition! Featuring the amazing artists pictured here and many more! Stacey Robinson @staceyarobinson Tamika Galanis @tamikagalanis LeRoi C. Johnson @leroic.johnson Deborah Willis @debwillisphoto Lucia Hierro @lucia_hierro_ Michael A. Butler Taiitan @taiitan Alisa Sikelianos- Carter @alisasikelianoscarter Anina Major @aninamajor Charlese Annette Phillips @charleseannettecreates

REPOST • @lizzunon Happy almost December! 😄🎄❄️☃️ I’m excited to present at the @tenbroeckmansion Holiday Kick-off: this Wednesday December 3rd from 2-3:30pm. . I’ll be sharing my research and artistic process behind “Stitch by Stitch: Elizabeth Hobbs Keckly Sews Her Way to Freedom” by Connie Schofield-Morrison, and “Martha and the Slave Catchers” by Harriet Hyman Alonso: illustrated books about two courageous and creative African American women who used their diverse skills to navigate the world before, during and after emancipation... . Book signing and refreshments to follow. Free! Registration required. Link in bio 😊 . #booktalk #kidlit #illustration #mixedmedia #historicalwomen