'Egbe: Soul Family' Artist Talk

Sit down for a conversation with local artists Nellie Ashford, Yazz Atmore, Monique Norris and Tiffonye' Wilkins, alongside their residency mentors, Jasiatic Usher and Michael Maxwell.

Over the course of a 10-week residency, the artists have spent time in and out of the studio exploring ideas surrounding family, soulmates, good friends, Yoruban spirituality, and more.

Get to know more about this process, hear the stories behind specific artworks, and the experiences of the artists as they came together to create an exhibition from scratch.

About the exhibition:
"In Yoruba, the word Egbe translates to community or society. Egbe Orun refers to a person’s spiritual mates, heavenly companions or soul family. It is believe our Egbe watches over us, guides us, connects with us and even interferes at times throughout our journeys here on earth. From Divine interventions, soul connections, mischievous coincidences & gentle redirections; our Egbe is here to remind us the importance of kinship, survival, care, memory, and responsibility.

This show is an ode and an offering to our soul families here on earth and in the heavens. ‘Egbe: Soul Family’ invites reflection on our own personal connections to family in its widest, most liberating sense—the families we are born into, the families we choose, the families that choose us, and the broader web of relationships that teaches us who we are and how we belong."

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