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Water As Interconnection

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Water As Interconnection

August 25th, 2019 - Washington, DC



Interdisciplinary artist and WSG Advisory Board Member Cheryl Edwards’ exhibition, The Reverence of Water and Its Relationship to Identity, was on view at Craddock-Terry Gallery at Riverviews Artspace in Lynchburg, VA, January 4 through February 15, 2019. Despite the 4-hour drive, it drew a large crowd from the DC area for the show’s opening night. Edwards beamed as she welcomed the community of friends, curators, and acquaintances who made the long trek down the Route 29 Corridor to Lynchburg.

Cheryl Edwards, Water Angel 1, ink stained raw shaped canvas on board, found object, African beaded necklace, stitching, cowerie shells, 48 x 36 x 2 inches

Edwards, an African American artist and lawyer, has lived in DC for the last 23 years and has been deeply involved in the DC art world as a Senior Advisor to the Executive Di- rector of the David Driskell Center at the University of Maryland, while also serving on the Washington Sculp- tors Group Advisory Board. Her Brookland studio is well known as a hub where art pro- fessionals are often brought together over sumptuously prepared culinary dishes, collectively prepared and shared. Edwards opens her studio to exhibit the work of other DC artists several times a year and offers a valuable exhibition space and social gathering space. She takes

no commission but arranges publicity and provides a lively venue where arts professionals can participate in networking practices.

Edwards grouped the work in her exhibition very speci cally around a tall central gure in black tulle with a colorful and bright inset below the chest. Based on a combination of Central African N’kisi gures and South African Ndbele dolls, Edwards’ sculpture held a quiet spiri- tual power and presided over the rest of the works in the exhibition.1

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