Curator talk: Souls Grown Deep like the Rivers

In this talk, Raina Lampkins-Fielder, Curator at the Souls Grown Deep Foundation, talks to Bonnie Greer about the artists featured in the exhibition Souls Grown Deep like the Rivers and introduces their work.

This discussion explores the unique African American artistic traditions and methods of visual storytelling found in the Southeastern United States, and places the artists featured in the exhibition into the canon of American art history.

Lampkins-Fielder and Greer will talk about the subjects of the works in Souls Grown Deep like the Rivers, which reflect the difficult history of the American South and global themes such as inequality and sense of place. She will also explore the significance of the use of recycled materials by many of the artists featured in the exhibition and explain the context of the ‘Yard Show’ – a deeply rooted Southern tradition.

Raina Lampkins-Fielder is a curator for the Souls Grown Deep Foundation. She has worked for over 20 years in museums and cultural institutions as a curator and cultural programmer, including the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York, Mona Bismarck American Center in Paris, Brooklyn Museum of Art, and the Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.