QUEEN was at The Wright Museum from January 28, 2020 - August 02, 2020. The exhibition consisted of 53 works of art on loan from the avid art collector and Emmy-nominated actress CCH Pounder. The exhibition explores and celebrates the image of Black women across four sub-themes: 'Beauty,' 'Agency,' 'Strength,' and 'Dignity.' QUEEN was originally curated by Sarah Anita Clunis, Ph.D from Xavier University of Louisiana from November 16, 2017- March 22, 2018.

“The theme of Beauty opens the gallery space and immediately I am fascinated with ‘Willow Moon’ by the late Jamaican painter and mixed-media artist, Tamara Natalie Madden. The woman’s brown skin brushed with rich golden hues and highlights or oranges and reds is illuminating. The definition of the collar bone teases the subject’s soft sensuousness.

Steve Prince’s ‘Angela, Messenger of God’ features a girl with hoop earrings and afro puffs that make her spiritual prowess relatable to the everyday girl. Her posture is bold, yet relaxed and absent of worry while owning space and possibly controlling the elements surrounding her. The grayscale drawing is symbolically complex but there’s evidence of floating hearts, stretched out hands, and feminine-structured silhouettes. The motion and rhythm in Prince’s line strokes appear as guided spirits dancing amid the stillness of ‘the messenger.'

The makers of the paintings, mixed media, installation, and sculpture include such luminaries as Harmonia Rosales, Betye and Alison Saar, and Kehinde Wiley (painter of President Obama's official portrait), among others from across the African diaspora.