black – Anastasia Owen

MxdChkinChina: Hospitals+ I’m a Foreigner.

The weirdest thing right now is remembering that I’m the foreigner. I know shocking right? I’ve already realized that on surface level. I don’t look like anyone, My hair products can only be found online, every time I go to the store I’m stared at. I know that on a visual …

Mixed Chk in China: The Little Things

I wrote an amazing post. Didn’t save it. I am a mess, on the floor, crying into the darkness- I’m the annoying friend. Well, I should say I’m convinced I’m becoming one of the flavors of annoying friend. I feel like every five seconds, I’m asking anyone I’m around about my …

Mxd Chk in China:Confidence Boost/Xeneophobia

So, it is becoming more and more of a reality that I will be wrought with unwanted hands in my hair and random stares by certain people in the streets of Shanghai. But I’ve recently realize how xenophobic I have been about such a reality. I always put the idea …

Bethany Collins is on Campus

Bethany Collins is an artist I have great respect for. I heard her speak at the Dalton Gallery not too long ago and she was my first networking opportunity I’ve ever had. Her work is an huge identifier in me and I find myself connected with it. So imagine my …

The Atlanta Contemporary Art Museum

This week Thursday we went to the Atlanta Contemporary Art Museum. This has probably been the most beneficial visit to my project that we have done. We went on a tour of the current Biannual exhibition and even found out about an internship opportunity with ACAM. But the best part …

Artists to Remember: Glenn Ligon and Adrian Piper

Recently, not just because of classes but because of my own journey through Art, I have come across two artists that are very intriguing: Glenn Ligon and Adrian Piper Glenn Ligon is a contemporary gay artist who identifies as African American. His work is racially charged, more often than not, and …

I- a black woman- am not valuable because your white eyes can see my tears. Your sick obsession with my pain will not be my reason to sing. These chains are mine to break, and mine to covet.

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”Oreo” by Anastasia Owen

This work was published in NANDI magazine in their Spring 2015 issue.

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