Heather Nickels | Persevere and Resist

What does it mean to be a Black woman in the United States of America? Curator Heather Nickels discusses “Persevere and Resist: The Strong Black Women of Elizabeth Catlett”, on view at the Brooks Museum of Art. Informed by the contemporary concept of the “StrongBlackWoman” (SBW) trope, the exhibition explores the many ways in which Black women, as depicted in Elizabeth Catlett’s work, have overcome barriers in their public and private lives. Ilit Azoulay