Ra-Twoine Fields

Representation matters. Showing up matters. Thank you to @blackgirlsinartspaces NY chapter for their authentic presence and energy while visiting our booth at NADA NY. Thank you for supporting artists @lightbody.studio @mayabeverly_ Special thanks to @ujaxdup @kacimerriwetherhawkins @newartdealers

Installation views of our debut presentation at NADA NY with Huey Lightbody and Maya Beverly. Thank you again to @newartdealers @heathermhubbs and the entire team! Come see us now through Sunday at the Starrett-Lehigh building. 601 W 26th Street. Booth E25 @lightbody.studio @mayabeverly_ Images by: @silviaros.photo

Community Violence Intervention (CVI) Ecosystem Build-Out for the City of Richmond facilitated by Shantay Jackson of the National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR) @n1cjr Grateful to continue to be in spaces where we can learn, grow and connect within the ongoing work of gun violence prevention. Thank you Shantay for an amazing session and Greg + OVP for the major work being done in Richmond, VA 🙏🏾

If you haven’t already, we’d love for you to check out our recent feature in The Commonwealth Times! 📰✨ It’s an exciting moment for us, and we’re grateful to be highlighted and to share more of our story with the community. You can pick up a print copy around campus to see it for yourself, or head to the link in our bio to read the full feature online. Thank you for your continued support, it truly means everything! 🗞️🖤 @commonwealthtimes @sswatvcu @_holisticagency @rosxtta

We appreciate everyone that took the time to engage the select works and present artists for the opening of the third installment of “Keep it 1000”. We’re back open today from 12-6pm. > @croakersspot 25th Anniversary happening today!!! Route around Hull Street to get to the gallery. <

As Southside Contemporary Art Gallery continues to grow and develop its creative presence, we have curated a recurring group exhibition of emerging artists with a primary focus on engaging new and experienced collectors. “Keep it 1000” houses works by 9 artists immersed within several diverse practices and media to include painting, fiber, sculpture, collage and photography. All works are priced at or near $1000, creating accessible entry points into contemporary fine art. Select works were chosen through joint curatorial navigation echoing the intentionality and authenticity of practice and process appreciated amongst the artists. We will offer programming focused on fine art collection, gauging artists, establishing trusted relationships with galleries, and more. We are driven to continue to create ways to not only provide entry points into fine art and access to emerging artists, but also create relationships with community members focused on education and empowerment. Empowering the community through exposure and education is vital for the arts and we aim to continue to become a fundamental component within the wider creative ecosystem. Christina M. Tapper @createdbycmt Coppere Ford @coppere.ford Elfreda Dali @elfredadali Jeffrey Melo @jaemelo Kyle M. Epps @kylemepps Maya Beverly @mayabeverly_ Tasanee Durrett @tasaneeart Tyler Mullen @tmlln_ Zelda Black @zelda.black Curators: Ra-Twoine “Rosetta” Fields | Jax Causey Curatorial Assistant: Sanija Dowden

Installation views from our recent group exhibition, “Ode to the Anomalous” [this book will never be complete finished done wrapped up finalized will float through whatever we can label as forever see no end to the telling of our stories tall tales to legend very discreetly through history we are its entirety bury us how this is only the beginning a start to no finish run on sentence for us all to overlap outpace what was ever possible we never decided those limits nor any these pages are simply categories I can be lost in you forever this book is a failed attempt at us nonetheless an attempt was made] Bookmarks can serve as breaks in progress, strategic pauses, and archival anchors. Distinctly holding their own weight across time and intention, these conscious moments become more than mere placeholders. The current curatorial bookmark represents an encapsulated mark of personal and relational reflection surveying practice, positionality, perseverance and purpose. The group exhibition serves as a written note in the margins pinning the present and creating future entry points. Through presented select works and installation, the exhibition navigates the intersections experienced between curator, collector and observer. Works scoping across text, abstract, mixed media painting and textile collage transmute the artists’ redirection away from traditional and normalized processes, materials and stories. These narratives materialize a safe space for dialogue utilizing meaning-making processes, ethnography, cultural archiving, and self-excavation as methods to approach and actualize vulnerability, post-modern thought, holistic growth and revolution. Such content have become revolving touch-points for the curator and artists. The operationalization of transference echoes throughout the works resounding within these mirrors creating a tangible matrix for the externalized experience. ALEX SORAPURU ASA JACKSON HUEY LIGHTBODY JAMES WILLIAMS III SERRON GREEN TAJ POSCÉ RĀ-Twoine “Rosetta” Fields, Curator

NADA NY Announces 2026 Exhibitors Grateful to be rejoining @newartdealers this time in NYC! We will be presenting select works by @lightbody.studio and @mayabeverly_ ••••••• The New Art Dealers Alliance (NADA), the definitive non-profit organization dedicated to the cultivation, support, and advancement of new voices in contemporary art, is pleased to announce the exhibitor list for the 12th edition of NADA New York, the organization’s annual art fair championing galleries at the forefront of contemporary art. The fair will be held May 13–17, 2026 at The Starrett-Lehigh Building, located in West Chelsea’s gallery district at 601 West 26th Street. The 12th edition will bring together over 110 galleries, art spaces, and nonprofit organizations spanning 15 countries and 46 cities—from Tbilisi and Tokyo to Mexico City and Philadelphia.

What a wonderful visit!!! Thank you to Professor and Artist @stephenhayesthecreator for facilitating a Richmond field trip for a select group of @dukeuniversity scholars. We hosted an open discussion navigating creative professionalism, curatorial process and the utility of art set between talks led by @pipeline__________studio and @rosxtta Thank you for sharing this space with your network and continuing to move through intentionality @asajacksonart

Despite the wintry weather, we had an amazing opening experience this past weekend. Thank you to everyone that braved the elements and looking forward to seeing you throughout the life of the group exhibition. “Ode to the Anomalous” now open for public viewing thru March 14th.

Rosetta, @southsidecontemporary who graciously allowed me to take his photo a while ago. @staedtlernorthamerica and white charcoal/chalk on toned paper. #southsidecontemporary #portraitart #portraitartist #carbonpencil #contemporaryportrait

2025 was a challenging but amazing year at Southside Contemporary! We debuted several solo exhibitions to include artists @dataoruwari @chrispaulthompson @coppere.ford We invited independent curators such as @whoaa_neli @samthesunchild and @nigel_s_richardson to produce successful solo and group exhibitions paralleling lead curator @rosxtta We debuted at three fairs this year from @arts14c to @affordableartfairnyc to @newartdealers what an experience! Blessings to presented artists @lightbody.studio @_dkane @chigamanyasha @coppere.ford @maharichabwera We were published in several articles. Notably @artcurrently and our own @mareva_sf published a piece in @rvamag We locked in partnerships with @joincohart @blackstonebrothersdistillery and @pipeline__________studio All in all, we’re grateful for all the artists, collectors, partners and patrons that keep trusting us with the process as we help to add to the creative ecosystem. We are very excited to have you on this journey with us! See you in 2026! Special love and gratitude to our team and the continued growth of it: @nka_tenten @nigel_s_richardson @mareva_sf @theelloise @ageez.art @pipeline__________studio Full report to be released in our newsletter. Sign up thru gallery website link in bio. 🖤