Deeply honored and grateful to be named an inaugural Frieze Impact Prize winner alongside @DreadScottArt and @maria_gaspar_0! https://t.co/27h5ehgeJZ via @thr
'Paint Me a Road Out of Here' tells the story of a painting that Faith Ringgold created for the women's house of detention at Rikers Island in 1971. https://t.co/4q3WwOK2d2
PAINT ME A ROAD OUT OF HERE—a new documentary from Catherine Gund and executive producers @yarashahid, Keri Shahidi, @mickalenethomas, and @juliemehretu featuring #FaithRinggold and Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter opens TODAY @FilmForumNYC.
Event info: https://t.co/4VHgG4FJuN
PAINT ME A ROAD OUT OF HERE opens today! Catherine Gund’s absorbing documentary chronicles the journey to liberate Faith Ringgold’s “For the Women’s House” from Rikers jail and artist/rapper Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter’s efforts to free Black women from mass incarceration.
Gund & subject Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter appear alongside special guests for Q&As after screenings, co-presented by @NewMuseum and WCJA on Fri, 2/7, the Center for Art and Advocacy on Sat, 2/8, and @VeraInstitute & Silver Art Projects on Thu, 2/13.
🎟️ https://t.co/VkPMpkIQC8
PAINT ME A ROAD OUT OF HERE opens on Fri, 2/7! From filmmaker Catherine Gund & exec producers Yara & Keri Shahidi, a moving snapshot of the movement against the incarceration of Black women via the fight to liberate Faith Ringgold’s painting “For the Women’s House” from Rikers.
The new documentary "Paint Me a Road Out of Here" details the history of a painting by Faith Ringgold, created for the Rikers Island prison. https://t.co/Z3j4JAQ8fJ
Check out NYWIFT Member Catherine Gund's "Paint Me a Road Out of Here" at @FilmForumNYC starting February 7th! A great painting tells a compelling story. When its provenance deepens that story, it becomes an extraordinary and impactful performance piece. https://t.co/w4Hgnai78E
PAINT ME A ROAD OUT OF HERE opens 2/7! Catherine Gund’s moving doc, exec produced by Yara & Keri Shahidi, on the fight to end mass incarceration of Black women via the liberation of Faith Ringgold’s 1971 painting “For the Women’s House” from Rikers.
https://t.co/VkPMpkIQC8
@djvlad@MorganJerkins So sad... your white supremacist KAREN tactic didn't work. Crazy how you created a livelihood off the backs of Blacks but still chose to be a colonizer instead of a colleague. #KendrickLamar#MorganJenkins voice! Lol
Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter is a multidisciplinary artist whose socially conscious work offers a critical perspective on mass incarceration and the particular struggles that Black women face in the system.
#BlackHistoryMonth#freedomwork#reentry
Join us at Central Library for the closing ceremony of Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter’s first solo exhibition "Ain't I A Woman," which expands the hyper-focus of abortion within the reproductive justice movement. Don't miss it on 8/12 from 12pm-5pm.
Register: https://t.co/cbcpGVqsdP
The artist Mickalene Thomas has designed a show at Yale University Art Gallery blending fact and speculation about the lives of Black Americans whose stories have largely been lost. It is based around a precious (and mysterious) portrait miniature. https://t.co/UYO9U45YjU
Experience the full film by Baxter as part of the exhibition on the fourth floor through August 13.
🎥 Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter, Excerpt from Ain’t I a Woman, 2018/23.
Bodily autonomy for all.
In "Ain't I a Woman," Mary Enoch Elizabeth Baxter raps and retells her experience of being shackled for 43 hours while giving birth, raising the question of who is considered a “woman” by society and the law—and who is considered worthy of human rights.