Art Gallery Tour

MLK Art Gallery Tour 2024

Thank you for visiting this year’s art gallery! Here is the contact info for the artists in case you’d like to contact them!

London Ladd—laddstudio@gmail.com
Iris Williams—Byiiwin31@gmail.com
Malcolm Taylor (portraits)—mtaylo22@syr.edu
Brandan Meyer—meyer.b2001@gmail.com
Melquea Smith—prettykittycommissions@gmail.com
Rochele Royster—Raroyste@syr.edu
Sharif Bey—shbey@syr.edu

Please enter the Club 44 art gallery by Section 108. This page will serve as your guide through the space. Curators, artists, staff, and volunteers will be on hand if you have any questions! You can exit at the opposite end of the gallery near Section 110.

1

Rochele Royster
“The Bluest Eye”
Casein paint on canvas
40in x 36in
Private Collection

2

Rochele Royster
“Girls at the Lake”
Canvas
36in x 40 in
$825

3

Melquea Smith
“The Biggest Gift”
Digital on Monitor
Prints are for sale

4

Melquea Smith
“Imagination”
Digital on Monitor
Prints are for sale

5

Dawoud Bey
“A Young Woman Waiting for a Bus”
Syracuse, NY 1985
Photograph
On Loan from the Light Work Collection

6

Dawoud Bey
Syracuse, NY 1985
Photograph
On Loan from the Light Work Collection

7

Cian Oba-Smith
“Peoples A.M.E Zion Church”
5th Ward, Syracuse
Photograph
On Loan from the Light Work Collection

8

Melquea Smith
“Cocoa”
Digital on Monitor
Prints are for sale

9

William Earle Williams
“Oswego Harbor, Final Jerry Rescue Transfer Point”
2003
Photograph
On Loan from the Light Work Collection

10

London Ladd
“Every Saturday”
Mixed media — acrylic paint, cut and tissue paper
24 in x 28 in
Prints are for sale

11

London Ladd
“Mother’s Kiss”
Mixed media — acrylic paint, cut and tissue paper
20 in x 30 in
Prints are for sale

12

London Ladd
“Resilience”
Mixed media — acrylic paint, cut and tissue paper
16 in x 20 in
Prints are for sale

13

Melquea Smith
“Showstopper”
Digital on Monitor
Prints are for sale

14

Table
London Ladd
Prints and books are for sale and can be signed by London!

(Left side of throughway)

15

Rochele Royster
“birds, cages, moons & the ebb & flow of black girlhood & mothering”
Canvas
3′ x 5′
$5,000

16

Rochele Royster
“birds, cages, moons & the ebb & flow of black girlhood & mothering”
Canvas
4′ x 5′
$4,500

(Right side of throughway)

17

Sharif Bey
Green Covered Jar
Black Salt-fired; Stoneware
14″
Private Collection

18

Sharif Bey
Yellow Covered Jar
Black Salt-fired; Stoneware
Private Collection

19

Sharif Bey
Black and White Covered Jar
Black Salt-fired; Stoneware
7″
Private Collection

20

Sharif Bey
Private Collection

21

David MacDonald
“Adinkra” Series 2023
Carved Stoneware Plate
Private Collection

22

David MacDonald
“Figure Vessel” Series 2019
Carved Stoneware
Private Collection

23

Brandan Meyer
“Untitled” 2023
#3 2. B-mix, Various Glazes 4
Private Collection

24

Brandan Meyer
“Untitled” 2023
#3 2. B-mix, Various Glazes 4
Private Collection

25

Brandan Meyer
“Untitled” 2023
#3 2. B-mix, Various Glazes 4
Private Collection

26

Brandan Meyer
“Untitled” 2023
#3 2. B-mix, Various Glazes 4
Private Collection

These pieces depict the map of Syracuse NY and highlight the displacement of Black Syracuse residents as the 15th Ward was razed for the construction of the Route I-81 Highway. With the destruction of the highway under way, it also symbolizes the opportunity the city of Syracuse has been given to serve its community in a more meaningful way than merely being a symbolic gesture.