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Creative Industry Summit Series - Celebrating the Black Experience

The Kentucky Center for African American Heritage is working with the Kentucky Arts Council in 2025 to take the annual art exhibition, Celebrating the Black Experience, on the road to locations across the commonwealth. Join curators Aukram Burton and Julia Youngblood as they present two visual artists from the exhibit, Nahla Joy of Louisville and Derek King Jr. of Lexington. Nahla Joy grew up in South Louisville. She is inspired by landscape paintings and works primarily with acrylic paint to create cityscapes. Nahla graduated with a BFA in 2024 and returned to the University of Louisville for her MFA. During her undergraduate studies, she received the Winthrop Allen Memorial Prize in Creative Art. One of her paintings is currently in a group exhibition in Harrodsburg, Kentucky. “As an African American painter with an Arabic name in Louisville Kentucky, I paint my memories throughout the city to accept my surreal reality through optimism. Cityscapes reflect what it means to put water in a desert in Kentucky.” Derek King Jr is a multidisciplinary artist based out of Lexington, Ky. Using the human figure, Derek creates narratives celebrating and challenging, while simultaneously bringing awareness to a plethora of American subcultures - including hip hop/rap, anime, film and lower income American family life. Pulling from personal and shared community experiences he tells the stories of the voiceless, with representation being a key component. While different techniques are combined across Derek’s work, his distinct pictorial style is consistently preserved. Derek studied at the University of Kentucky, where he received his BFA with a focus in drawing and painting. Derek has held solo shows in Kentucky since his BFA completion as well as been accepted to many group shows across the Midwest. Derek currently works in Lexington, wearing many hats as a tattoo artist, muralist, graphic designer, and commissioned artist as well as showcasing his work in different galleries across central Kentucky. “I use the human figure to create narratives celebrating the Black American family. I want to tell the story of the voiceless, with representation being a key component. Using multiple mediums and techniques, I want to create ‘windows’ for the audience to connect, challenge or explore.” https://kcaah.org https://artscouncil.ky.gov