With our ever growing commitment to highlighting artists, The Bishop Gallery will launch a series of exhibits aimed at showcasing the works of underrepresented artists in accredited art institutions. On October 20, 2016, Bridging the Gap Vol. I, the first installment of the series, will focus on the role race plays in forming society’s perspective of which artists are deemed significant, in the art industry and throughout art history.

The exhibition, inspired by a Randy Kennedy NY Times article entitled, “Black Artists and the March Into the Museum”, runs through Dec 31, 2016. Bridging The Gap Vol. I, aspires to celebrate living artists and not repeat the errors of major institutions, by only exhibiting a snippet of work, from primarily deceased artists of color. With a 1960 mix-media work on paper, by Norman Lewis being the exception, living legends such as Emmett Wigglesworth, Otto Neals, Samuel Adoquei, Dick Griffin, Nannette Carter, and Dinga McCannon will occupy the same walls as legends in the making like Jules Arthur, Faheem Majeed, Taha Clayton, Charles Jean Pierre, and Delilah Benitez.