robin holder Is a Contemporary Artist Motivated By the Complexities of Racial Inequity, Social Justice and Identity

Her mixed technique works are saturated with references that explore conflicts within our diverse national Identity. She reveals how varying degrees of injustice and privilege determine our attitudes and perspectives. holder’s imagery is a visual commentary on our usage of code switching to navigate access and inequity in society. Her work provides unique opportunities for challenging discussions about the intersection of gender, race, class, national origin and religion. Learn more…


Let's Raise Our Racial IQ With Art

Let's Raise Our Racial IQ With Art

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Access and Inequities: I Hear You. Do You See Me?



A conversation centered on how Betty Blayton Taylor’s visionary approach to arts in education, community engagement and support of BIPOC artists provided a pivital platform of cultural awareness, expression, and celebration.


Release linoleum with stencils 22 x 30 1986

Childrens Art Carnival in Harlem: The Making of Contemporary Artists at Columbia University's Wallach Art Gallery, 615 W 129th Street, New York City June 26, 2026 through September 13, 2026.

This exhibition to examines the vibrant community art center in Harlem. It’s visionary director, arts educator, and artist Betty Blayton-Taylor developed a pedagogy that celebrated individual expression as a means of self-discovery as well as providing a unique platform for artists to collaborate with one another and develop their careers


Memorial Day is part of the exhibition Who Is America at 250? Artists’ Books on the State of Democracy at The Minnesota Center for Book Arts June 12 -August 16, 2026

Falling Figures featured in the 15th Havana Biennial Shared Horizons @ La Casa de Africa, Havana, Cuba November 15, 2024 – February 28, 2025


Our Social Skin

At Kvasnevski Schwartz Projects 545 W 23rd St. New York City in the Fire in Her Eyes exhibit Through May 16 2024


A Community of Artists

African American Works on Paper from the Cochran Collection August 5-December 2, 2022 at the Robert Williams Museum of Papermaking L: Sunburst, woodcut, Robert Blackburn R: They Damaged Us More Than Katrina, robin holder


2024 THE DRISKELL CENTER ARCHIVES ESTABLISHES THE ROBIN HOLDER COLLECTION 
Contact: Mr. David Conway, Senior Archivist Phone: 301-405-2984, Email: dconway@umd.edu     

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