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Earthtalk a ritual-installation: An obeisance to the Ancestral wisdom of the Mother.

Earthtalk a ritual-installation: An obeisance to the Ancestral wisdom of the Mother.

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Selected for The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Residency

Selected for The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation Residency

Helene Wurlitzer I am looking forward to attending The Helene Wurlitzer Artists Residency in Taos, New Mexico in 2021. Peace, quiet, and a studio to focus on my work. The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico (HWF) is a private, 501(c)(3) non-profit, educational and charitable organization committed to supporting the arts. Founded in 1954, the HWF manages one of the oldest artist residency…

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Art Opening & Poetry Reading at Helene Wurlitzer

Art Opening & Poetry Reading at Helene Wurlitzer

My outdoor exhibition Chairhenge (How to Sleep Through Falling Silences) will open this Saturday, December 4th at The Helene Wurlitzer Foundation of New Mexico. The text of Steve Biko and other African poets will accompany the interactive art installation. Because of COVID regulations, we ask that you bring your own earphones for the audio experience. I have collected found objects between…

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The Ellies Creator awardee 2020

The Ellies Creator awardee 2020

This past year, I completed two East to West cross-country journeys through the United States, I drove a total 12,528 miles which equal 50% around the world. In the last steps of my personal odyssey, I received a phone call from Oolite Arts – they granted me an Ellies Creative Award. This precious gift of funding symbolized new beginnings for me. The birth of a project, the next chapter in my art…

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I am a recipient of a Harpo Foundation Grant, to support my ongoing project inspired by South African activist Steve Biko. Biko’s work hallmarked a movement of integrating that which we have fragmented. Not merely ceasing the behaviors of repression, but liberating ourselves from the intent of tearing society apart. His writings are a roadmap to intersectionality and attentiveness to the world. I…

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Dvcai Opens Its Traveling Exhibition In The Miami Design District.

Dvcai Opens Its Traveling Exhibition In The Miami Design District.

INTER|SECTIONALITY: DIASPORA ART FROM THE CREOLE CITY COMES TO MIAMI https://www.anjamarais.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/147331435_783961115807238_6195463078892681038_n.mp4   A small, socially-distanced opening reception for Inter|Sectionality: Diaspora Art from the Creole City will take place on Friday, February 5, 2021, with activities beginning at 6:00 pm. For questions and appointments…

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Dvcai Opens Its Traveling Exhibition In The Miami Design District.

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Paris - how can this only be a year ago? A century lays between us now. (at Le Petit Palais) https://www.instagram.com/p/CE7F-E_FO0x/?igshid=1eht3jp4em6ej

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❝ Into the darkness they go, the wise and the lovely. ❞ Edna St. Vincent Millay. How my love has deepened for Edna since I attended the Millay Art Colony in NY. Her words buoyant even in the desert of New Mexico. #ednastvincentmillay #newmexicotrue #millaycolony #beautifuldecay #poetryislife (at Santa Fe, NM) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDzdFIJFkdu/?igshid=uisq9ot30yrn

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Had a magnificent day in Albuquerque at @takachpress with @irenefsullivan with a tour of the warehouse/factory where some of the finest printing presses in the field are manufactured. A family business since 1975. They work with @tamarindinstitute and even the brilliant South African @the_artists_press (at Takach Press - Place) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDoTjsYlonv/?igshid=11zqf88nmz2yz

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Reposted from @the_wild_unknown #maryoliver always gets it so right 💫 - #blackandwhitephotography #maryoliverquotes #textphoto https://www.instagram.com/p/CDhhVT7F4Hb/?igshid=1osq9ajetk28r

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#challengeaccepted #empoweringwomen @nataliavasquezvision ❤ (at Minokamo-shi, Gifu, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CDMPnGxlIOP/?igshid=4p2z98369x0a

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Thank you @tamgryn Reposted: The only traveling Im doing this summer 💻 Thinking about the direct experiences that contradict our conditioning @anjamarais 🇿🇦 - #artinstallation #anjamarais #videoinstallation #contemporaryartist #contemporaryart #tamgryn (at Miami, Florida) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCwqUXeFC0E/?igshid=1mw67pgmin876

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Detail of my sculpture and assemblage installation at the Gantt Museum. ≫≫∴≪≪ ≫≫∴≪≪ #artinstallation #artexhibition #contemporaryart #contemporaryartist #anjamarais #sculptureartist #ganttmuseumofafricanamericanart #dvcai #assemblageart (at Harvey B. Gantt Center for African-American Arts + Culture) https://www.instagram.com/p/CCl2AM7lsxd/?igshid=1epj9aug4uldu

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It is the small things in life. The breeze through an open window. Morning sun. The peaceful Four-legged. Soft new leaves on Aspen. This moment a still island. https://www.instagram.com/p/CCWEy2TloKQ/?igshid=1jw4ymkqs6wju

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'The illusion which exalts us is dearer to us than ten thousand truths'. Alexander Pushkin. ⸭◈⸭ Photograph taken at the Pushkin Apartment Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia. ⸭◈⸭ ⸭◈⸭ #alexanderpushkin #pushkinquotes #Pushkinmuseum #anjamarais #anjamaraisphotography #blackandwhitephotography #bnw #noiretblanc #photography (at Pushkin House) https://www.instagram.com/p/CB5tHgEFtqT/?igshid=z1nddxupumgq