An exhibition of mixed media works by Sheila Crider and Aziza Claudia Gibson-Hunter of Washington, D.C.; Tanda Francis and Musa Hixson of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Joe Overstreet of Manhattan, N.Y.; and Ronald Walton of Petersburg, Va., will open at 6 p.m. today (Feb. 1) and kick off Black History Month celebrations in the community on First Friday at the East Hawaii Cultural Center.
An exhibition of mixed media works by Sheila Crider and Aziza Claudia Gibson-Hunter of Washington, D.C.; Tanda Francis and Musa Hixson of Brooklyn, N.Y.; Joe Overstreet of Manhattan, N.Y.; and Ronald Walton of Petersburg, Va., will open at 6 p.m. today (Feb. 1) and kick off Black History Month celebrations in the community on First Friday at the East Hawaii Cultural Center.
The exhibition will remain on view through Feb. 24.
Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday. The East Hawaii Cultural Center is located at 141 Kalakaua St. in downtown Hilo
“Metaphysics, as the branch of philosophy that deals with the concept of being, the objective was present artists who are in a dynamic process of exploration, engaged in creating works that globally and locally, relate to the African-American community at large,” says exhibition curator Lamerol Gatewood.