Artist Talk: Tanekeya Word

Learn about the Black Women of Print and the two portfolios published by the collective of printmakers in the Museum’s collection from founder Tanekeya Word. After the talk, join a behind-the-scenes viewing of the portfolios in the Herzfeld Photography, Print, and Drawing Study Center.

5:30–6:15 p.m. | Reception with light refreshments in Baumgartner Galleria
6:15–6:45 p.m. | Artist Talk with Tanekeya Word in Lubar Auditorium
6:45–7:45 p.m. | Viewing of Black Women of Print Portfolios Continuum and Lore: What We Were Told | What We Saw | What We Tell Ourselves. Space is limited for the viewing; reserve your spot by emailing community@mam.org by August 22.

About the artist

Tanekeya Word creates multimedia visual art on paper—drawings, paintings, narrative forms, and fine art prints—that centers the everyday fantastical lives of Black women and girls. Presented in quotidian object scale, no larger than the human body, her works are serialized with focus on Black geographies, literature, material culture, and nature in harmony with the Black body.

Word is the founder of Black Women of Print, a homeplace for Black women printmakers. She holds a BA in English/Afro American Studies from Howard University and a MA Arts Management from American University. Word’s dissertation (2024) is entitled: Black Womanhood + Black Aesthetics in Art Education.

Tanekeya Word has participated in national exhibitions and her work is held in private and public collections such as Milwaukee Art Museum, The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Getty Research Institute, etc.

Sponsored by
Milwaukee Art Museum’s Print Forum and African American Art Alliance

Photo by Margaret Muza Photography