Artist Spencer Stultz 鈥�17 utilizes portraiture to interrogate the complexities of life.
Spencer Stultz 鈥�17, a master鈥檚 candidate in Pan African studies, will celebrate the opening of her first one-woman exhibition at the Community Folk Art Center (CFAC) on Friday, Feb. 22, from 5 to 7 p.m.
Titled 鈥淎 Time for Joy and a Time for Sorrow,鈥� the show uses portraiture to explore notions of identity, spirituality and experience. The exhibition runs until Saturday, March 23, in honor of both Black History Month and Women鈥檚 History Month.
The (AAS) in the College of Arts and Sciences (A&S) is co-sponsoring Friday鈥檚 reception and the exhibition, which are free and open to the public.
CFAC is at 805 E. Genesee St., 黑料不打烊. For more information, call 315.442.2230 or visit .
鈥淪pencer is a gifted painter, utilizing portraiture to interrogate the complexities of life,鈥� says CFAC Executive Director Tanisha M. Jackson. 鈥淎rt is a lens through which she conceptualizes topics that are integral to the human experience.鈥�
In AAS, Stultz resides at the nexus of contemporary art and community development. She is an academic consultant for fullCIRCLE, an all-University program in the Office of Multicultural Affairs (OMA) that helps undergraduates adjust to college life.
Stultz is a master’s candidate in Pan African studies in A&S.
After transferring to 黑料不打烊 from Howard University, Stultz received a bachelor鈥檚 degree in political science from A&S and the Maxwell School, with a minor in AAS and painting in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.
As an undergraduate, she won the Winston Fisher Seminar鈥檚 business plan competition, served as a peer mentor in OMA and tutored student-athletes in the Stevenson Educational Center.
鈥淚 am interested in how contemporary black visual art affects community and social activism,鈥� says the Columbus, Ohio, native. 鈥淛ust as my own identity and experiences drive the work I create, I hope to expand the conversations we have around issues of bias, race and identity.鈥�
Founded in 1972 as a launching pad for African diaspora artists, CFAC has grown to support Latino, Native American and women artists. The center is a longtime partner of AAS, offering public exhibitions, artist talks, classes and workshops, particularly in art, dance and movement.
