at Tephra Institute of Contemporary Art In An Excellent Thought About a Quality Idea, five artists were invited to revisit an older artwork and to redevelop the work into a new project. Rahne Alexander, Matthew Mann, Omolara Williams McCallister, Zia Palmer and Mojdeh Rezaeipour were selected by Guest Curators Zoë Charlton and Tim Doud, co-founders of | ‘sindikit |, and Tephra ICA Associate Curator Erica Harrison.

The Why of the Why Not at the Baltimore Museum of Art, BMA Salon The participating artists in The Why of the Why Not are Lena Chen, Lizzi Alarcón, Matthew Mann, Mojdeh Rezaeipour, Monsieur Zohore, Omolara Williams McCallister, Rahne Alexander, and Zia Palmer. Their work engages the complexity of identities and overlapping social concerns of each artists’ positionality.