Category: activism

Perrin Marie’s Hoopla

February 15, 2026

activism, art, Beautiful

We went to Golden Belt Arts yesterday. Chuck has a piece in a group exhibition there and I wanted to see it. I may not be home to see it on Third Friday. So, we had a more quiet viewing. When we walked in, I was delighted to see that Perrin Marie has a show going on in the main hallway.

We met her a few years ago and she is absolutely delightful. She’s one of those artists who always sees the world through the lens of her art. Everything that she encounters is a potential component. Perhaps because of that, she, also, sees the world very clearly.

The exhibition at Golden Belt is called Hoopla and the website is hoopla.love.

From the website – about the 197 terms

Alice Walker – She took up space the stories do – passed hand to hand, kept alive by those who needed them most.

Greta Thunberg – She took up space the way urgency does – clear, relentless, refusing silence

Madonna – She took up space the way a flower does – without permission, without apology.

Sarah Mardini – She took up space the way endurance does – quietly practiced, meant to be shared.

Oprah Winfrey – She took up space the way influence does – quietly gathered, felt forever.

Frida Kahlo – She took up space the way a gaze does – steady, intentional, meeting the world head-on.

Angela Davis – She took up space the way a foundation does – unseen by some, holding everything.

Kristal Ambrose – She took up space the way the tide does – patient, undeniable, reshaping the shore.

Christabell Pankhurst – She took up space the way a calling does – precise, unmistakable, answered whether invited or not.

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Tom Farris – Custer’s Last Hand

December 28, 2025

activism, art

This is on view at the Nasher right now and it absolutely cracked me up.

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Narsiso Martinez – Essential Since 2013

July 14, 2025

21c Museum Hotels, activism, art

I don’t feel like anything I say could add to this.

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Sujata Setia

March 21, 2025

activism, art

Ann sent me a picture she thought I would want to see. She was correct. It’s an interesting piece that addresses domestic violence.

A Thousand Cuts

It inspired me to look up the photographer. Her name is Sujata Setia.

She does not blink.

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Patricia A. Montgomery – Sarah Mae Flemming Swing Coat

March 10, 2025

activism, art, Southern culture

Our Story Matters is the title of an ongoing exhibition at the Columbia (SC) Museum of Art. The exhibition is kind of small (as you will see if you click through). Mostly because the pieces in it are more memorabilia and historical information than art. That said, it is an interesting display of Columbia’s equivalent to Durham’s Black Wall Street.

And there is some art. Patricia A. Montgomery is a textile artist who makes swing coats that tell stories. The one on the website now is not the one I saw. So, it appears that they are changing them out periodically. If I was closer to Columbia, I would make a point of going by to see them because the one I did see was impressive.

Sarah Mae Flemming was one of the people who stood up for the right to sit down.

And Ms. Montogmery made a coat about her.

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