Upcoming Exhibitions 2025
Up to Us: Black Dimensions in Art, 1975–Tomorrow
Since its founding in 1975 in Schenectady, New York, Black Dimensions in Art, Inc., has promoted the art of the African diaspora through exhibitions, workshops, and other programs in the Capital Region and beyond. The BDA mission is centered on education, sales opportunities, representation, and encouraging Black youth to engage with the arts.
In celebration of BDA’s 50th anniversary, this exhibition traces key moments in the organization’s history through archival material such as brochures, posters, photographs, artwork, and more. The exhibition title, originating from the 1984 Harlem Week slogan “Much more to do … a better Harlem is up to us,” epitomizes the need for Black communities to create and claim space for themselves and connects BDA to other grassroots Black arts and culture organizations throughout the country.
The Tang Teaching Museum and Skidmore’s John B. Moore Documentary Studies Collaborative (MDOCS) are assisting Black Dimensions in Art in building an archive of photographs, posters, brochures, postcards, and other material from its nearly 50-year history. If you have material you are willing to donate to the BDA archives or to lend (for display and/or archival digitization), please contact Tang Associate Curator Rebecca McNamara at rmcnamar@skidmore.edu.
