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@wild_yams and @coprosperitychicago are pleased to announce the opening of our new group exhibition, 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜: 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙈𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙙 opening on Aug. 14th 2026, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM ✨🌱

𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆 Wisdom Baty and Alyssa Martinez of WILD YAMS: Black Mothers Artist Residency (@wild_yams)

𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗙𝗲𝗹𝗹𝗼𝘄𝘀 tiffany m johnson and Oguguam (OG) Ugwuanyi

𝗘𝘅𝗵𝗶𝗯𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗔𝗿𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘀
@wherenextlex Alexy Irving-Alleyne, @andreahill.art Andrea Hill Fitzgerald, @grands_art Grandeast Wright, @summercolemandesign Summer Coleman, and @teniola_o Teni Odunsi.

An excerpt from the exhibition:

WILD YAMS is pleased to present 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜: 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙈𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙙 A cumulative exhibition that brings together the work of WILD YAMS SEED Residency cohort artists Alexy Irving-Alleyne, Andrea Hill Fitzgerald, Grandeast Wright, Summer Coleman, and Teni Odunsi. Through mixed media, sculptures, photography, paintings, and texts, the cohort of artists trace connections between the natural world, diasporic traditions, and practices of survival. 𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜: 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙈𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙙 pokes holes in spaces of silence and absence while reflecting on mothering through lived experiences and historical memory. Together, the works narrate the varying ways of always becoming and carrying forward forms of care that are often unseen, undervalued, or erased. The exhibiting artists reflect Black motherhood back in all its forms as a praxis and as unfixed.

𝘽𝙚𝙩𝙬𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙈𝙚𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘽𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜: 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙡𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙈𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙙 will open on August 14 and run until September 15, 2026. 🪴

For more information on this exhibition and to register for the opening, visit coprosperity.org