Fort HMAAC

With an Erected sandbag fortress inside and around the infrastructure of HMAAC building, Otabenga Jones and Associates (OJ&A) have repurposed the institution as a new cultural jurisdiction to serve as a particular art lab. Metaphorically serving as a the protective shield against the exclusion of black history that fuels this collective. The fortress also serves as a headquarters and secure place for those interested in articulate its long-term mission of expanding the parameters of the Afro-Diasporic aesthetic  and teaching of truth to young people, OJ&A is offering drawing, sculpture, art history, performance, and design classes as the capstone of their coup d'état . This installation will give an opportunity for the community to partake in the advancement of the mission through classes. The work created during the classes will be displayed and become part of the evolving exhibition.  

The Academy– OJAAA

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