Dancing across the creative spectrum with no end in sight.....
Curator + Writer + Arts Project Consultant
Email: Cmwatts06@gmail.com
Curator + Writer + Arts Project Consultant
Email: Cmwatts06@gmail.com
Creative Interludes 2
Sika Bonsu
On view August 2022 - August 2023




Curated for Eaton Hotel, Washington D.C.
Artist: Sika Bonsu
IG: @sikabonsu_
About Creative Interludes:
Eaton’s artist studio rooms invite you to a space of creative interlude. A moment of pause, to rest, recharge, and find inspiration through D.C.’s local arts community. The artists selected for this project hold positions at one of the city’s oldest cultural institutions in addition to maintaining and further cultivating their respective practices. Through this partnership, we create space for emerging artists to showcase their work and connect with new audiences. Living with the artwork allows for a more intimate connection with creativity. An unveiling of sorts, guests get a glimpse of a D.C. known primarily to residents and local movers of culture.
Words from Sika about NSUO:
Through my visual explorations I ask you to think about what defines the experience of African immigrants in America across various timelines. This starts in the present but also thinks heavily about the future - pulling on past ideas of what representation has looked like for dark skinned people. The works included are compiled and presented as a way of exploring transatlantic ideas of blackness and time. Using photography as a way to identify where we connect but also the things that connect us. The title, Nsuo, is the Ghanaian word for water. A nod to my heritage, and the idea that we can find new meaning from different perspectives. We think of Nsuo as a place to find quiet in the storm, and respite from the realities of being a black person on this planet.
Photography by Idreezus Studios
Artist: Sika Bonsu
IG: @sikabonsu_
About Creative Interludes:
Eaton’s artist studio rooms invite you to a space of creative interlude. A moment of pause, to rest, recharge, and find inspiration through D.C.’s local arts community. The artists selected for this project hold positions at one of the city’s oldest cultural institutions in addition to maintaining and further cultivating their respective practices. Through this partnership, we create space for emerging artists to showcase their work and connect with new audiences. Living with the artwork allows for a more intimate connection with creativity. An unveiling of sorts, guests get a glimpse of a D.C. known primarily to residents and local movers of culture.
Words from Sika about NSUO:
Through my visual explorations I ask you to think about what defines the experience of African immigrants in America across various timelines. This starts in the present but also thinks heavily about the future - pulling on past ideas of what representation has looked like for dark skinned people. The works included are compiled and presented as a way of exploring transatlantic ideas of blackness and time. Using photography as a way to identify where we connect but also the things that connect us. The title, Nsuo, is the Ghanaian word for water. A nod to my heritage, and the idea that we can find new meaning from different perspectives. We think of Nsuo as a place to find quiet in the storm, and respite from the realities of being a black person on this planet.
Photography by Idreezus Studios