First Advisor
Dr. Kiara Hill
Date of Award
Summer 8-2025
Document Type
Closed Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science (B.S.) in Black Studies and University Honors
Department
Black Studies
Language
English
Subjects
Grief, Mourning, Black/African American, African Diaspora, Art, History
Abstract
Black Artists in Conversation With Black Grief is a creative thesis project that examines how Black and Diasporic artists engage the topic of Black grief.. This exhibition includes the following artworks: Love Is The Message, The Message Is Death (2016), a short documentary by Arthur Jafa, Icon of a Revolution (2020), a mural by Peyton Scott Russell, an excerpt of Wole Soyinka’s words from the 2020 Hekima Series, and Blackhood: A Living Archive (2021), a sculpture by Ndidi Dike. These artworks are also in conversation with artworks: choose to be happy (2022) (title should have a strikethrough), Mourning Daunte’s ‘Justice’ (2022), and Through Your Eyes Brother (2023), created and presented by student researcher and Black American artist, Morrison Atlas. This exhibition aims to provide a creative introduction to technical research that is still being conducted by Atlas on Black grief.
Recommended Citation
Atlas, Morrison, "Black Artists in Conversation With Black Grief" (2025). University Honors Theses. Paper 1710.