Name: Cheryl Miller's "If We Stand Tall" Opening Reception
Start: 2023-08-25T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2023-08-25T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Beacon Gallery

Cheryl Miller's "If We Stand Tall" Opening Reception

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Join us at Beacon Gallery  8/25 at 6pm for the opening reception of photographer Cheryl Miller's "If We Stand Tall"

Beacon Gallery

Beacon Gallery is pleased to announce its upcoming exhibition Cheryl Miller: If We Stand Tall, featuring the work of Stoughton-based, New York-born photographer Cheryl Miller. Cheryl Miller has been invited to be Beacon Gallery’s Artist-In-Residence for Summer 2023. The public is invited to the opening reception on August 25, from 6 to 8 pm. If We Stand Tall comes from the African Proverb: “If we stand tall it is because we stand on the shoulders of those who came before us.” This proverb encapsulates Miller’s role as a story keeper and archivist for family, community, and a brilliant portfolio of Black figurative film-based photography narrating decades of culture and cultural icons. As a former City and Regional Planner, Cheryl Miller focuses on the economic, social, political, and physical development of communities, neighborhoods, and the people that make them thrive. Cheryl does this by “capturing images of African Americans viewed through a kaleidoscope of everyday experiences: the rites, rituals, social norms, mores, how people live, work, play, conduct business, raise children, build families and community, create art, educate, worship, entertain, invent…in spite of the history of hundreds of years of enslavement, and existing racist systems that have not thwarted our efforts to flourish magnificently.” Cheryl insists that “honoring and revering our ancestors” is the catalyst for this success.

Cheryl Miller's "If We Stand Tall" Opening Reception

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