As summer begins to wind down, add one more meaningful stop to your bucket list. Before Labor Day, spend an afternoon immersed in Revolutionary Care — a powerful exhibition celebrating Black women artists whose work explores healing, community, ancestry, and liberation.
On view through September 5 at Contemporary Craft, the multimedia exhibition features the work of Amber Doe, Bekezela Mguni, and Alisha B. Wormsley in partnership with Sibyls Shrine.
The exhibition asks visitors to consider care as more than compassion — it becomes an act of resistance through love, self-determination, restoration, and collective healing.
Don’t Miss: Alisha B. Wormsley Artist Talk
One of the exhibition’s signature events takes place:
Saturday, August 15
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh
Join internationally recognized Pittsburgh artist Alisha B. Wormsley for a screening from A Visual Manifesto: Rituals for Repair, followed by an artist conversation about her newest work and the themes behind the exhibition. The free program includes a 22-minute experimental film installation exploring Black feminist cosmologies, ancestral remembrance, reparations, and community care through movement, ritual, and storytelling. Advance registration is recommended.
Step Inside The Temple of Our Survival
One of the exhibition’s most unforgettable experiences is Wormsley’s immersive installation, The Temple of Our Survival: Rituals of Repair.
Visitors enter a tent-like sanctuary filled with layered patterned fabrics, screen-printed textiles, handmade rugs, and pillows inspired by African American quilting traditions. Projected throughout the space is a three-part experimental film that transforms the installation into a place for quiet reflection, healing, and remembrance.
Rather than simply viewing artwork, visitors are invited to slow down, listen, and experience care as a shared cultural practice.
Meet the Artists
Amber Doe
Uses textiles and handcrafted materials as symbols of protection, healing, and resilience against historical and contemporary violence.
Bekezela Mguni
Combines bookmaking, collage, sewing, and printmaking to honor ancestral memory while imagining new possibilities for collective care.
Alisha B. Wormsley
Creates immersive installations rooted in Black futures, spirituality, ritual, and community healing.
Also Worth Checking Off Your Summer Arts Bucket List
GREETINGS: The Culture, Legacy, and Language of the DAP
August Wilson African American Cultural Center. Explores the history, symbolism, and cultural significance of the iconic DAP handshake through photographs, artifacts, oral histories, and interactive displays.
More than a greeting — the DAP represents solidarity, pride, resilience, and brotherhood.
The Writer’s Landscape
August Wilson African American Cultural Center. The landmark exhibition honoring Pittsburgh native and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright August Wilson through multimedia storytelling, rare artifacts, photographs, and theatrical elements.
An unforgettable journey through the legacy of one of America’s greatest playwrights.
Before It Closes
The exhibition concludes with a special Meditation on Care closing ritual on September 5, bringing together art, reflection, and community in a final celebration of healing and hope.
If you’re looking to end your summer with an experience that’s inspiring, thought-provoking, and uniquely Pittsburgh, Revolutionary Care belongs on your bucket list.
Whether you’re exploring Black history, celebrating Pittsburgh’s artistic legacy, or simply looking for an inspiring day out, these exhibitions offer meaningful experiences that belong on your end-of-summer bucket list. Together with Revolutionary Care at Contemporary Craft, they showcase the creativity, resilience, and cultural contributions of Black artists and storytellers shaping Pittsburgh today.