Contemporary Critique with Le’Andra LeSeur

Le’Andra LeSeur (b. 1989 in Bronx, NY) is an artist working primarily with video, installation, photography, painting, and performance. Her work celebrates blackness, contemplates the experience of invisibility, and seeks to dismantle and reclaim stereotypes surrounding black female identity, among other subject matters. Awards include Leslie-Lohman Museum Artists Fellowship (2019), the Time-Based Medium Prize as well as the Juried Grand Prize at Artprize 10 (2018). LeSeur recently appeared in conversation with Marilyn Minter at the Brooklyn Museum, presented by the Tory Burch Foundation and has lectured at RISD Museum of Art, Providence, RI, and SCAD Atlanta, among others. Her work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions at A.I.R. Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Assembly Room, New York, NY; Microscope Gallery, Brooklyn, NY; Anacostia Art Center, Washington, DC; SITELAB, Grand Rapids, MI; Arnika Dawkins, Atlanta, GA; and others. Residences include NARS Foundation, Marble House Project, and Mass MoCA. LeSeur is represented by Microscope Gallery.

Emily M. Getsay (Em) is a queer and non-binary, conceptual Artist, Activist, and Curator. As a conceptual artist, their pieces stem from ideas that expand oneself through a relatable and textual lens. They explore the liminal space between perception and reality to create work that translates those ideas. As humans, we accept new information and try to comprehend how we can apply it to our lives while moving through time and space. Em brings those ideas and knowledge to the surface to become transferable across cultures and society.Em is an MFA Candidate in Photography at Georgia State University.
Em’s first Solo Exhibition: The IN-between debuted in 2019 at The Bakery, Atlanta. In addition to their solo exhibition, their work has been a part of exhibitions at Emory University, The Atlanta Contemporary, Gallery 874, and many more. They have curated exhibitions at the Center for Civil and Human Rights, Sycamore Place Gallery and many other locations in Georgia. They have also been featured in publications such as ARTS ATL, Georgia Voice, Wussy Magazine, The CNN Freedom Project, and others. They were the President of the Women’s Caucus for Art of Georgia from 2017 to 2020, and currently, they are the Founder and Chair of the LGBTQIA + Caucus of the National Women’s Caucus for Art.
As an Artist, Curator, and Activist, Emily M. Getsay continues to make bold strides in creating access to Art the forefront of their mission and purpose. Their purpose lies within creating space for LGBTQIA+ folks and other marginalized folks through Art.