Opening Day Lecture | “Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage”

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February 18, 2024

On opening day, local artists discuss the artistry and significance of Multiplicity: Blackness in Contemporary American Collage. The exhibition explores the breadth and complexity of Black identity and experiences in the United States through collage. Works by multiple generations of living artists create unified compositions that express the endless possibilities of Black-constructed narratives within a fragmented society.

Plan Your Visit

• This program is included with Museum admission.
• The lecture takes place in Brown Auditorium Theater on the lower level of the Law Building, with first-come, first-served seating. The exhibition is located on the upper level of the Law Building.
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About the Speakers
Tay Butler
A multi-disciplinary artist based in Houston, Tay Butler received his BFA in photography and digital media from the University of Houston and his MFA in the University of Arkansas photography program. Butler reignited a rich appreciation for Black history and a deep obsession with the Black archive. Using past and present images to create a historically layered body of work, Butler reorients cultural material from the ever-growing Black experience.

Kaima Marie
Using collage to discover the social implications of identity, Kaima Marie gives specific attention to the narratives surrounding urbanism and capitalism as they incubate in individual, familial, and social tropes. She has showcased nationally in group exhibitions, including the Glendale Library in California, Houston Museum of African American Culture, Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, and San Antonio Art League and Museum.

Lovie Olivia
Born and based in Houston, Lovie Olivia creates work that spans numerous mediums and methods informed by race, gender, and sexuality and the historical and cultural nuances surrounding these intersections. She engages various archives—unearthing cultural matter through painting, printmaking, sculpture, and installation. Olivia has exhibited at institutions including the Frist Museum in Nashville, Woman Made Gallery in Chicago, Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, and Houston Museum of African American Culture.

Lanecia Rouse Tinsley
Atlanta native Lanecia Rouse Tinsley is a versatile artist with a diverse portfolio that spans abstract painting, photography, teaching, writing, speaking, and curatorial projects for nonprofit organizations. She recently concluded a month-long residency with the Foundation for Spirituality and the Arts in Charleston, South Carolina. Tinsley has also been an artist-in-residence at Asia Society Texas and Rice University.