The Audacity to Thrive

When was the last time you heard someone say, “And they had the audacity to...”?

To have the audacity or to be audacious means that one is shamelessly bold, unafraid to offend conventional ways of thinking and living. Without question, Black communities across the diaspora represent the epitome of audacity as we consistently defy the restrictions society places on us.

For over 40 years, Adreinne Waheed has captured the various ways that Black people around the globe live audaciously. Her first museum exhibition, The Audacity to Thrivesurveys Waheed’s brilliant visualization of African descendent peoples and our audacity to not only live, but to most importantly THRIVE.

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