International visual artist Charmaine Minniefield introduces her art to The Gambia at 6 pm on March 18th at Mitzy Hotel, located at the Palma Rima Junction. Motivated by living in The Gambia for over one year, Minniefield has embarked on a number of projects.
A renowned artist in Atlanta, Georgia, before coming here, her work consisted of preserving Black narratives by creating public art in communities affected by gentrification and erasure. She completed numerous community murals, and was commissioned by the City of Atlanta to create murals honoring the unsung heroines of the Civil Rights Movement. Her work also included projection mapping and site-specific installations.
Her purpose in The Gambia has been to connect to her Ancestral roots through Art and the indigenous creative traditions of history. Using indigo pigment, oyster shells to make paint and mahogany, Charmaine has been painting new bodies of works. These new works bridge her African American experience with her new African experience, reaching back historically to move forward.
Charmaine has been creating a 9 canvas painting series which is an ode to female ancestral deity Oya. Her work can be seen in a documentary on You Tube directed by Olimatta Taal and co-directed by Wurry Jallow called Charmaine Minniefield: Artist Residency In The Gambia. She also created transcontinental art collaboration between The Gambia, dancers in Atlanta and Flux Project.
In addition to the art, Charmaine loves working with young people and will work with 6 youth to create a mural in Tallinding with Smiling Coast Foundation. Three will be young artists who look forward to building a career in Arts and 3 trainees. Together they will paint a mural on a 500ft wall in the heart of Tallinding on the Youth Center wall to be finished by April 15th. This mural will change the environment into a more creative and artistic one.
RSVP to attend the Charmains Minniefield Art Exhibit at Mizy Hotel on March 18h at 6pm at 220-250-9257. Refreshments will be served. Stay COVID safe and wear your mask.
