Sidney🌙

TCP is thrilled to welcome Sidney Pettice as our inaugural Curatorial Fellow Fellow for summer 2026! In collaboration with @downtownatlanta , Sidney will activate six digital billboards in Downtown Atlanta with artwork by Atlanta-based artists from June 1 to September 30, 2026. This exhibition coincides with the World Cup, offering heightened public visibility and a significant opportunity to engage with both local and international audiences. Sidney Pettice is a Southern-born-and-based curator and writer. She received her B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, focusing on African Diasporic Art History, her M.A. from the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College, and in the fall will begin her PhD in American History at the University of Tennessee. Her work aims to blend the analysis of Black history with cultural criticism and visual art. “I aim to center the expansion and further documentation of Black history, culture, and vernacular through extensive writings and research on Black American artists, writers, and cultural critics, highlighting the Diaspora as a whole with a keen, continued focus on Southernness. I fell in love with the arts through Southern Institution. My practice is exemplary through published works and curated exhibitions that cover topics such as self-presentation and Blackness, histories of Southern ritual practice and folklore, as well as the breadth and richness of Black music culture.” This exhibition is funded by the Georgia Council for the Arts through the appropriations of the Georgia General Assembly, and the National Endowment for the Arts and by our sponsoring partner Atlanta Downtown, Inc.

This year, I think I really felt the brain development hardcore. So much reflection, all the time😵‍💫 Mirror pics, photos I think about all the time, Charlotte signs, killer exhibitions at the Gantt Center, etc.

Echoes of the Past at the @albanymuseum is a large-scale African art survey exhibition that revisits and reimagines historic presentations of African art while acknowledging the changes that have shaped the field. Featuring the AMA’s Sub-Saharan African Collection alongside works on loan from partnering institutions, including three works from our African Art collection, the exhibition invites moments of reflection on ritual, religion, tradition, community, and remembrance. "Collaborating with our fellow Southern Institutions was very important to me for this exhibition. I appreciate the Michael C. Carlos Museum and their extensive African art collection. The 3 pieces that are currently on loan to the AMA come together with our permanent Sub-Saharan African Art Collection to create an overall narrative sharing the significance of the intention in contemporary African art research and scholarship." — Sidney Pettice, Exhibition Curator; Curator of African Collections and African Diasporic Art, Albany Museum of Art Swipe to see additional views of the three objects on loan to the exhibition, and don't miss the final days to experience the show! The Albany Art Museum is open December 19, 20, 23, 26, 27, and 30, and on January 2 and 3. Admission is free. 📷 Installation view courtesy of AMA Anthropomorphic Vessel. Democratic Republic of the Congo, Africa. Mangbetu. After 1912. Ceramics. Gift of Willam S. Arnett. 1994.003.019 © Bruce M. White, 2006. (2 views) Face Mask (Mfon Ekpo). Nigeria, Africa. Ibibio, Annang. 20th Century. Wood, fiber, pigment. Ex. Coll. William S. Arnett. 1994.004.213 © Bruce M. White, 2012. (2 views) Doll. South Africa, Africa. Ndebele. 20th Century. Wood, fiber, glass, antelope hide, found materials. Gift of Norma Canelas Roth and William D. Roth. 2007.032.006. #echoesofthepast #AlbanyArtMuseum #africanart #onloanfromthecollection #finaldays

I really really <3 the South🙂‍↔️ New African Masquerades & Fahamu Pecou at the Frist

Very thankful for community🙂‍↕️ Thanks @janeowoolard @tksmith106 for chatting with me, about the work we do + install shots and very cool and fun artworks

Boti Falls, The Last Bath River Site, and Dr. Nkrumah Memorial Park and Masoleum

Artist Alliance Gallery, Near Black Star Square, and Said’s Jewelry, Accra, Ghana🙂‍↕️

Art and the spooky trees of Charleston🫥

Recent prj dump; so happy to have worked alongside such cool artists Rootwork/Fall ‘24 @jillianmariebrowning Polyphonic/Spring ‘25 @letter75 Her Ladyship/Summer ‘25 @buqaqawuli.nobakada Hues of Skin and Earth/Summer ‘25 @artthenewreligion 🥹🥹🥹

I think all i learned this yr is that if i were a cartoon character that my perm outfit would be overalls.🙂‍↕️

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Darling gorgeous angel babies😇