My Black Is… exhibit at Cal Poly Humboldt

Article written by Cal Poly Humboldt November 10, 2022

REESE BULLEN GALLERY Mykaela “Mickey” Montgomery’s “Forgotten Cowboy,” 2021, color pencil on paper. This piece at part of the Cal Poly Humboldt Permanent Collection of Art. Submitted photo

CAL POLY HUMBOLDT – My Black Is… – an exhibition at the Reese Bullen Gallery at Cal Poly Humboldt – features nine artists from the Humboldt county area.

The exhibit will run though Dec. 3. The public is invited to visit the gallery during open hours. Exhibiting artists are: Malachi Arthur, Karyn Clark, Mia S. Felder, Mo Harper-Desir, Jamal Ibrahim, Mykaela “Mickey” Montgomery, Lydia Morris, Kassandra Rice and Elila Veronikue.

This exhibition is made possible through a collaboration with Black Humboldt, a community organization built for and by Black Humboldt residents. The My Black Is… exhibition centralizes Black and Brown bodies in spaces they are regularly marginalized from, or dominated by non-POC bodies and cultures.

Representation matters for those yearning and dreaming of a life, where they do not see people like themselves reflected back to them. Black Humboldt works to normalize Black and Brown arts, art forms and community members within all art spaces. The Reese Bullen Gallery can be found on the Cal Poly Humboldt campus in the Art Building, near the corner of Laurel Drive and B Street in Arcata. The gallery is open Wednesday and Thursday from noon to 6 p.m.; Friday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

More information on this exhibition is available at artfilm. humboldt.edu/galleries along with a forthcoming virtual tour of the exhibition. More information on Black Humboldt and how to support their efforts at blackhumboldt.com.