AND WE WENT: 60 YEARS AFTER THE BATON ROUGE SWIM-IN

Curated by Jonell Logan

July 5 - 27, 2023

open to the public, free of charge (Tue-Sun, 12-6pm)

THE ART & ARTISTS OF ‘AND WE WENT’

And We Went included original works selected for inclusion by curator Jonell Logan from: John Alleyne (New Orleans, LA), Kimberly Becoat (Brooklyn, NY), Aliyah Bonnette (Raleigh, NC), Justin Tyler Bryant (Little Rock, AR), Malaika Favorite (Geismar, LA), Roni Nicole Henderson (Columbia, SC), Randell Henry (Baton Rouge, LA), Juan Logan (Belmont, NC), John Isiah Walton (New Orleans, LA), Charles Edward Williams (Durham, NC), and Andrew Wilson (Oakland, CA).

By clicking on the images below, you can view individual works from each artist, alongside text provided by curator Jonell Logan. Towards the bottom of this page, you can also take a virtual tour of the exhibition.

AND WE WENT is made possible by:

UPCOMING EVENTS

This project is supported in part by the National Endowment for the Arts. This program is also funded under a grant from the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities, the state affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities. The views, findings, conclusions or recommendations expressed in this exhibition do not necessarily represent those of either the Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities or the National Endowment for the Humanities. It is also supported by a grant from the Louisiana Division of the Arts, Office of Cultural Development, Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism, in cooperation with the Louisiana State Arts Council, as administered by the Arts Council of Greater Baton Rouge.

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