coming fall 2022 - TRIBES #16, THE BLACK LIVES MATTER ISSUE
Coming Soon
We're excited to announce that Erasto will have work appearing in Tribes #16
A GATHERING OF THE TRIBES IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THE UPCOMING PUBLICATION OF TRIBES #16, THE BLACK LIVES MATTER ISSUE, EDITED BY ISHMAEL REED AND DANNY SIMMONS.
Tribes #16: the Black Lives Matter Issue will be a full color, 8’x 10’ print journal, featuring visual art, poetry and prose, from emerging and established revolutionary artists of our time, celebrating the Black Lives Matter movement and speaking to the issues that propelled its formation and growth. Forthcoming in the fall of 2021. Click Here to Pre-Order your copy !
Erasto's Work in The AUG edition of mixed mag
Catch Erasto as one of the featured artists in the August 2022 edition of Mixed Mag. Mixed Mag is an online multimedia magazine dedicated to promoting creatives of color + celebrating our multiethnic & multicultural voices!
Check out the August Edition Here
Erasto's Work is coming to the Anacostia BusBoys and poets
The Anacostia Busboys and Poets will feature the works of Erasto Curtis Matthews for 4 months starting on May 18th of 2022. Come by the Anacostia location this summer and enjoy a fabulous brunch, check out the bookstore and enjoy the artistic works of Erasto Curtis Matthews.
Erasto's Work appears in the 2/4/2022 Washington post
Catch a peek of Erasto's work on the front page of the 2/4/2022 sports section of The Washington Post of all places. Erasto's work appears as the backdrop to the Washington Post's interview of Washington Wizards, Kyle Kuzma. The interview takes place at Prince Georges gem, The Barn Gallery at Wellspring Manor in Upper Marlboro, Maryland.
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Wheaton Arts Parade Gallery
Celebration Exhibit
We're excited to announce that Erasto will have work appearing in the Wheaton Arts Parade Gallery exhibition entitled: CELEBRATION
The exhibit focuses on interpretations and impressions of the winter season of celebrations that surround the end of fall, the solstice, and the new year.
The exhibition will run for 11 weeks starting November 12, 2021 - January 23, 2022
Show location:
Wheaton Arts Parade Gallery
Westfield Wheaton Mall
Lower Level Entrance 11
11160 Veirs Mill Road,
Wheaton, MD 20902 and online at
www.wheatonartsparade.org/gallery
Erasto signs on to mural project at Mount Ephraim Baptist
Reimagining the Image of Christ
Erasto's latest project is to reimagine the image of Christ in a mural project for Mt Ephraim Baptist Church in Upper Marlboro, Maryland. The existing mural was painted some decades ago and portrays the European Christ with a follower kneeling in front of him. The modified mural will represent Christ as a man of African descent. The 7'X7' mural sits prominently in the center of the sanctuary just above the baptismal bath. Stay tuned for images of the updated mural.
Erasto Joins detroit's norwest gallery of art
What's New ?
We're excited to announce that Erasto has joined the roster of artists at Detroit's Norwest Gallery of Art in Detroit Michigan.
Based in the Historic Detroit Neighborhood of Rosedale Park, NORWEST GALLERY OF ART is dedicated to Contemporary Art specializing in African and African-American works. As Detroit's newest art gallery and museum, The Norwest Gallery is committed to promoting artistic work that provides an engaging and explosive voice for it's collectors with access to the hottest artists from around the globe. CLIENT SERVICES In addition to artists representation, the gallery offers extensive art advisory services to corporations, interior designers, and private collectors.
Erasto Arts Partners with wellspring wishes
Wellspring Wishes
Erasto Arts is excited to partner with the luxury gift box company, Wellspring Wishes, to bring to you a line of soulfully inspired Greeting and Note Cards.
When you purchase one of Wellspring Wishes curated gift boxes, you'll also have the opportunity to experience a sampling of Erasto's work.
The initial greeting card offering will feature three designs with more to come!
We can't wait to roll out the entire line of greeting cards!
Stay tuned for more!
Speak Your Truth - Black Lives Matter Exhibit
Athenaeum Gallery
Erasto's painting entitled (We've Always Mattered) appears in the pages of the October 8, 2020 edition of Metro Weekly, as part of a review by Doug Rule. Doug gives his upbeat review of the Speak Your Truth - Black Lives Matter Exhibit.
Erasto's "We've Always Mattered" is a message to the masses that "Black Lives Matter" is not a message to Black America but a message from Black America. We've always know we matter, we just need America to know so we can live. The piece makes note of the protest calls of the numerous marches that dotted the American landscape of 2020, following the murder of George Floyd and Beonna Taylor. The center figure of the piece, a person in a black hoodie. What assumptions does the viewer make about this figure? The wall in front of the hooded figure contains the first names of the many victims of the social pandemic that sparks the need for the slogan, "Black Lives Matter".
The exhibit runs from Oct 1, 2020 until Dec 1, 2020
Speak Your Truth | Black Lives Matter, attempts to represent the depth and diversity of the DC/MD/VA region and its reflections on the activities associated with the Black Lives Matter movement.