Kaya Balugo (BFA Film) explores the traditional family dynamics and values surrounding topics of mental health and spirituality. He presents intricacies of the human state of being when placed in various situations, showing how one adapts and grows in unique ways while simultaneously questioning typical generational values.

Ryan Cosbert (BFA Fine Arts) strives to normalize visual representations of the black community while speaking to the effect of traumas inflicted upon its members' lives. Her bright, vivid drawings and paintings emerge from her own emotions and the colors she sees.

Tremaine Johnson (BFA Cartooning) uses his illustrations to project a more inspiring world around and within himself, delighting in the experience of expression and communication.

Other artists included in the exhibition are Julian Alexander (BFA Illustration), Darin Cooper (BFA Photography and Video), Angelica Dalzon (BFA Illustration), Bryan Fernandez (BFA Fine Arts), Krista Gay (BFA Photography and Video) Cameron Gipson (BFA Illustration), Tremaine Johnson (BFA Cartooning) and Emmanuel Massillon (BFA Fine Arts).

"Here We Are" will be held at the SVA Gramercy Gallery, located at 209 East 23rd Street, New York City. SVA Galleries will also host a lecture by art collector Darryl Atwell on Tuesday, February 25, at 7:00pm, in the 3rd-floor amphitheater at 209 East 23rd Street. Atwell has been acquiring works by artists of the African diaspora over the past two decades.

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