The Gallery at VCUarts Qatar announces ‘Futurisms’ exhibition – The Peninsula

The Gallery at VCUarts Qatar announces ‘Futurisms’ exhibition – The Peninsula

Doha: The Gallery at Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts in Qatar (VCUarts Qatar) is bringing the public an exhibition titled ‘Futurisms’, from March 7 to April 9, 2022.

The opening night will also feature an online panel discussion at 6 pm, between the artists Jasmine Murrell, Saba Taj, Alisha Wormsley, Saks Afridi, and 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 Ingrid LaFleur, a globally recognized curator, artist, activist and Afrofuturist.

Alisha B. 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 program which 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 over 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, or film. Through her work, she links social engagement, activism, redistribution of wealth, science fiction,