Artist Talk: KB Brookins & Sari Shryack

Sari Shryack self-describes as an “artist, mother, and color connoisseur” on website “Not Sorry Art” (get it? Sari, not sorry). Expressing a love for color all the way to her brightly hued hair, the oil and acrylic painter brings vibrancy to artistic expressions inspired by a 1990s and early Aughts girlhood. Local Black trans author KB Brookins works with words, film, and digital collage to explore what freedom looks like in multimedia exhibit “Freedom House,” based on Brookins’ excellent poetry collection of the same name that “manifests a world where Black, queer, and trans people get to live.” Hear from both artists about their processes, inspiration, and techniques at this free talk. – Kat McNevins