Please join us for a special lecture with artist Claire Alexandre. Alexandre’s exhibition, Of Soil and Sky, is located in the Vault Gallery and will be on view until January 2022. This exhibition is co-organized and presented by 21c Museum Hotel Durham, The Understudy, Provident1898, and Mavis Gragg.

Claire Alexandre’s artist lecture is free, but seating is limited and a ticket is required by visiting eventbrite.

Providing a safe event for artists, attendees, and staff is our top priority. We will continue to monitor and follow guidance provided by the CDC. Updates and information will be shared with registered attendees through email prior to the performance.

*Masks are required

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ABOUT THE ARTIST

Claire Alexandre is a Diaspora child, Abolitionist feminist storyteller, and student of ecologies who weaves autobiographical reflections with ancestral wisdom. She elaborates detailed portraits reflecting personal narratives existing at the intersection of environmental, gender, and racial justice. From the studio to the street, canvas to concrete, Claire uses a wide variety of surfaces to reclaim space for the voices of her people—particularly Black, queer, womxn identifying folks—to be witnessed and celebrated in all their complexities and colors. Her work is an invitation to deepen our collective understanding of community prosperity and its close ties with sustainable land stewardship. Since she began painting in 2018, she has created murals in Colombia, Morocco, Puerto Rico, Ecuador, Scotland, and the U.S. Claire has completed residencies in Brazil and the U.S. In 2019 she was an invited speaker to the opening of the Beyond Despair: Environmental Humanities in Theory and Practice art exhibition in Durham, NC. Her first solo show, titled From the Between; Stories on Bringing Back and Beyond, was on display in December 2020 at the Durham Art Guild at Golden Belt Campus in Durham.

ABOUT PROVIDENT1898

Provident1898 is a contemporary, multi-industry coworking community designed by and for a diverse community of entrepreneurs, innovators, and artists who are passionate about building a more progressive and equitable workplace. Located on the historic grounds of NC Mutual Life Insurance and inspired by Durham’s legacy of Black business success, Provident1898 is invested in supporting Black-owned and led enterprises.

The Understudy, powered by Provident1898, is an artist-led and centered initiative that connects Black artists in the south to material, intellectual, and wellness resources. The Understudy aims to support Black artists developing new work, particularly those advancing experimental forms and practices.

Pictured: A collaboration from the AfroCarolina collective. Featuring Justin Robinson, Michelle Lanier, and Claire Alexandre, AfroCarolina on Black, 2021, Okra linoleum stamp on black canvas banner