Voices of Our Ancestors Virtual Awards Ceremony 2024

Introducing The Award Winners Of the Voices of Our Ancestors 2024 Show!
Our ancestors have passed down to us much more than our physical traits and personalities. Their stories of hardship and prosperity, failure and success, servitude and freedom, relocation and settlement, and other aspects of the human experience have helped to shape who we are today. The traditions and ancestral knowledge passed down to us influence our worldviews and the values that we will pass on to future generations. Maryland Federation of Art (MFA) and the Black Art Today Foundation ask artists to share works that give voice to the enduring values and experiences passed down to them through community and family. Any original 2D and 3D artwork in any media will be considered. Works selected by the juror will be exhibited in MFA’s Circle Gallery from June 26 - July 25, 2024.
A special thank you to our juror, Myrtis Bedolla, the owner and founding director of Galerie Myrtis and to the Black Art Today Foundation.
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Awards:
1st Place Winners:
- Nana’s Survival, mixed media, Ruth Lozner
- Breakthrough, acrylic on canvas, Marilyn Gates-Davis.
2nd Place Winners:
- Saturday in the Park, hand-pulled archival intaglio etching print, Ron Beckham
- ABENA: Repousse’, copper mounted on wood, Karen Y. Buster
- A Memory / Family First, charcoal on paper, Ron Beckham
- Their Arms Around Us, mixed media, Dr. Yemonja Smalls
3rd Place Winners:
- Gratitude, the Prayer, photograph, ML Kirchner
- A Sister’s Bond, mixed media on canvas, Luther Wright
Honorable Mentions:
- Manumitted, mixed media, Keiona Clark
- Don’t Let Our Confidence Threaten You, linocut, Jayne Bentley Gaskins
- L’ Homme Noir, charcoal and acrylic, James Murphy Jr.
- My Grandma's Garden, mixed media, Hope and Faith McCorkle