Dodge & Burn Critique Group @ CPW Kingston
︎ REGISTER for the Dodge & Burn critique group led by Qiana Mestrich at CPW Kingston happening March - June 2025.
First & Third Saturdays, March 1 – June 21, 2025
This critique group centers photographers who are Black, Indigenous, or people of color (BIPOC). It provides a supportive space to discuss social and personal issues around race, gender, identity, class, and queerness as expressed in their work. The class aligns with the founding mission of QIANA MESTRICH‘s Dodge & Burn blog which focuses on decolonizing contemporary photography and its history. Attendance is not exclusive to photographers of color, and those who identify otherwise are welcome to join as long they communicate and act respectfully.
NEW BOOK RELEASE
Decolonization and Diversity in Contemporary Photography: The Dodge & Burn Interviews (MARCH 7, 2025)
By Qiana Mestrich
︎ PREORDER opens February 14, 2025 on Routledge
Also available on Amazon
ISBN 9781138955929326
Pages 162 Color & 57 B/W Illustrations
Publish Date: March 7, 2025 by Roultledge
BOOK COVER PHOTO: Nakeya Brown
Who’s documenting the evolution of photography as it is happening now from an inclusive, transnational perspective? This is the challenge the Dodge & Burn book aims to address. This collection is the print manifestation of the Dodge & Burn photography blog, publishing a selection of 35 interviews with photographers and art professionals from underrepresented communities—those of African, Asian, Latinx/é and Native American heritage.
In addition to the interviews, there is a foreword by Carla Williams and 7 critical essays on photography I’ve written on themes such as the post-colonial gaze, Black motherhood, self-preservation art practices, America’s history of redlining, Black female performance and more.
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︎ Opening May 18, 2024: Self Adjacent Group Exhibition @ Massey Klein Gallery (NYC)
On view through July 20, 2024
124 Forsyth Street New York, NY 10002
Massey Klein Gallery is pleased to present Self Adjacent, a group exhibition of 17 artists, curated by Sarah Irvin and Tracy Stonestreet.
Self Adjacent explores the transformative journey of parenthood, examining how artists navigate their multiple identities within the realm of caregiving. The exhibition underscores that the reshaping of one's identity through caregiving is not a static process but rather occurs alongside diverse manifestations of the parent-as-process. Caretaking involves a continual negotiation with the child's evolving sense of self, which serves as both a reflection and a challenge to the caregiver.
This traveling exhibition began at the Visual Arts Center in Richmond, Virginia. After its conclusion at Massey Klein, it will go to the Kennedy Museum of Art in Ohio, in the fall of 2024.
The exhibition includes work by: Alberto Aguilar, Meg Arsenovic, Robin Assner-Alvey, Christa Donner, Travis Donovan, Kate Gilmore, LaToya Hobbs, Sarah Irvin, Kevin and Jennifer White-Johnson, Carmichael Jones, Courtney Kessel and Chloe Clevenger, Ahree Lee, Colleen Merrill, Qiana Mestrich, Sarah Sudhoff, Emilia White, William Glaser Wilson, and Megan Wynne.
︎2024 Baxter St Residency
I’m excited to announce that I’ve been selected as one of the 2024 Baxter St Residents along with Arda Asena, Brandon Foushée.
As Residents, the artists will receive a stipend, much-needed resources, and access to Baxter St's community and programs for their NYC solo debut that will help raise their visibility and fuel successful sustainable careers.
My residency will begin November 2024 and as a culmination of my time at Baxter St, I will prepare a solo exhibition that will open in June 2025 - stay tuned!
︎ Feature in Aperture Magazine 249, Winter 2022 Issue
February 3, 2023
My mother’s archive of early office pictures was featured in an essay titled “An Artist’s Photo Archive Tells a Story about Race and Labor“ by Lovia Gyarke for Aperture magazine‘s Winter 2022 “Reference” issue.
