DSU’s Lori Crawford Exhibits Works at Biggs Museum

DSU’s Lori Crawford, associate professor of art, will share her works with the public in a Sept. 5 thru Oct. 26 exhibition entitled “Ain’t I a Woman: Lori Crawford and the Sista’s” on the second floor of the Biggs Museum of American Art located at 406 Federal Street near Downtown Dover.

Ms. Crawford’s exhibition features 18 digital paintings covering subjects like slavery, women in the military, Josephine Baker, the role women played in the civil rights movement alongside Dr. Martin L. King Jr., as well as various scenes of women in everyday life.

“This body of work continues the exploration of how women are portrayed in the arts and in society by observing early depictions of women and then reimagining them,” Ms. Crawford said.  “The Sista Series is evolving, for now, and these colorful, whimsical characters find themselves in semi-real environments while being hailed for the struggles and achievements that early pioneers paved the way for human kind.”

An opening reception will be held from 5-7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 4 at the Biggs Museum in honor of Ms. Crawford's exhibition.

Ms. Crawford has been a faculty member in the DSU Department of Art since 1996.

Pictured on the right: Ms. Crawford prepares to hang one of her works – entitled “The Sista Reclining on an 1840’s Sofa” -- at the Biggs Museum.