Blog/Updates

1. Exhibition @ Light Work: Black Alchemy, Backwards/Forwards

   2021-01-14 01:25:33 UTC
   Black Alchemy, Backwards/Forwards January 25 – March 4, 2021Kathleen O. Ellis GalleryVirtual Artist Talk: Thursday, February 18, 6pm Light Work will exhibit more than 20 works by Arkansas–based photographer Aaron Turner in its first main gallery show of 2021. Aaron Turner: Black Alchemy, Backwards/Forwards will be on view in the…

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2. Oxford American (ISSUE 111, WINTER 2020)

   2020-11-25 17:53:10 UTC
   THE MISSING BLACK NOTES By  Harmony Holiday

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3. Artist Panel Talk: Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art, SUNY New Paltz

   2020-11-02 14:55:47 UTC
   Saturday, November 7, 2 pm EST Artist Talk: with exhibiting artists Erika Morillo, Antonio Pulgarin, and Aaron Turner, featured in Dos Mundos: (Re)Constructing Narratives - Moderated by Juanita Lanzo and Stephanie LindquistThis program was made possible by the Esmark Creativity Project.Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUodeiprTsoG9enP4uRtShXN-5PNIunrYBY Dos Mundos: (Re)Constructing Narratives features twelve artists…

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4. a new nothing w/ Sonja Thomsen

   2020-10-29 20:12:58 UTC
   Check out my conversation with Sonja Thomsen on a new nothing.

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5. Keynote Speaker: 2020 SPE South Central Virtual Conference

   2020-10-22 19:04:04 UTC
   October 24, 2020, 6:45 pm CDT Black Alchemy: Race, Aesthetics, Abstraction, and Ontology  A talk by Aaron Turner South Central, Sponsored by the University of Arkansas School of Art

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6. Commission: The Atlantic

   2020-10-22 18:47:00 UTC
   THE FIRSTSThe children who desegregated America The Children Who Desegregated America’s Schools A special project from The Atlantic

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7. Digital Residency - BASEMENT (Sept. 7 - 28)

   2020-09-15 17:28:41 UTC
   I’m currently in the middle of doing a digital-residency with BASEMENT — An artist run space in Chapel Hill, NC. You can follow along as I take over their Instagram account (@basementartspace)for the next few weeks. I’m sharing new images from a series titled Black Alchemy: There may still be…

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8. Recent Interviews: Shades Collective & Humble Arts Foundation

   2020-07-31 20:32:05 UTC
    What is Black Alchemy? A Conversation on Abstraction and Identity via Humble Arts Foundation  Aaron Turner Speaks on Institutional Shortcomings & Reclaiming the Narrative of Black Photographers via Shades Collective  Recent Podcasts: United Nations of Photo: A Photographic Life Podcast - 118: Plus Aaron Turner B&H Photography Podcast: Internal Thoughts…

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9. Reflection…

   2020-06-11 15:06:10 UTC
   Brother Hammons, an elder, 2018 My heart goes out to George Floyd and his family for the horrific crime in which he lost his life that took place on May 25, 2020, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It’s been a lot to take in as the media shifted from Covid-19 related news…

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10. What I’ve been up to (Covid-19)

    2020-05-18 01:19:55 UTC
    Untitled (can’t stop thinking about MLK) , 2020 Recently I’ve been in an alternative mindset about making work, mainly because I don’t have access to my studio. Before this I wasn’t always physically making work, I was more so working mentally, thinking and reading rigorously before I even out an…

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