AAMARP

While many might suggest that the world is on fire and that times are ironically dark, it must be remembered that fire not only has the power to destroy but also to cleanse.

Throughout his decades-long career, photojournalist Don West traveled to China, the Middle East, Africa, Europe, Central America and South America, capturing local life and moments.

More than 75 Black art lovers gathered last month at AAMARP, the African American Master Artists-in-Residency Program, for an artist roundtable with the theme, “Black Art in Afro-Centric Spaces,” the second in the Banner [Virtual] Art Gallery Roundtable series.

On Thursday, May 30, the Bay State Banner and the African American Master Artists-in-Residency Program will present “Black Art in Afro-Centric Spaces,” part of the Banner [Virtual] Art Gallery Roundtable series, starting at 7 p.m. at 76 Atherton St. in Jamaica Plain.

Before finding its home in Jamaica Plain about two decades ago, the African American Master Artists-in-Residency Program was housed in a factory building on Leon Street and later moved to a space on Huntington Avenue.

After a period of quiet and uncertainty due to the COVID-19 pandemic and program negotiations, AAMARP welcomes the public into their studio space for the exhibition “Resurgence: Homage to the Ancestors of the African Diaspora.”