Gallery at VCUarts Qatar announces ‘Futurisms’ exhibition

Gallery at VCUarts Qatar announces ‘Futurisms’ exhibition

The Gallery at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar) is bringing the public an exhibition titled 'Futurisms', from Monday until April 9.

The opening night will feature an online panel discussion at 6pm – between artists Jasmine Murrell, Saba Taj, Alisha Wormsley and Saks Afridi, with the artist collective “Hyphen Labs” – where participants will “initiate a conversation between Afrofuturism, Sci-fi Sufism and Muslim Futures”.

The discussion will be moderated by the globally recognised curator, artist, activist and Afrofuturist, Ingrid LaFleur.

More information on 'Futurisms' can be accessed at The Gallery at VCUarts Qatar’s website, https://gallery.qatar.vcu.edu/

Wormsley is an interdisciplinary artist and cultural producer who shot to fame with her work *There are Black People In The Future, based on which she created a public programme that gives mini-grants to open up discourse around displacement and gentrification.

In 2020, Wormsley launched an art residency for black creative mothers called “Sibyls Shrine”, which supports more than 70 mothers annually.

Her work imagines the future of arts, science and technology through the lens on being a black woman in America, challenging contemporary views of modern American life through multiple formats such as sculptures, billboard, performance art, and film.

Through her work, Wormsley links