🌼Please join us for the opening reception of Aichoucha Haidara’s first solo exhibition “I, The Wearer” next weekend during Supercrawl!🌼 AICHOUCHA HAIDARA: I, THE WEARER Members’ Gallery: September 1 - October 20, 2023 Opening Reception: Saturday, September 9th, 7-10 PM “This exhibition explores my journey of finding healing through grief. After the loss of my sister, I was in a very obscure place but realized that creating is the only way I can overcome this suffering. Through my art, my intent is to create worlds where her and her visions can live on. The world that I have been working on for the past year explores the ideas of masks, costumes and other handmade objects that serve as an integral part of Malian ritual practices. I, the wearer, can become a medium for the dialogue between the people and the spirits. Through music, dance and costume, the mask-wearer is transformed, concealing their human identity and temporarily allowing them to channel the spirits. In this series...