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‘Irrepressible Soul’ aims to capture the full Black experience

June 8, 2023

‘Irrepressible Soul’ aims to capture the full Black experience

Photo of Terron Banner, artist in the exhibition

“Irrepressible Soul,” an expansive new art exhibit currently on display at Ohio State’s Urban Art Space, traces its roots to a series of questions kicked around beginning last Juneteenth by creator and curator Iyana Hill.

“How do we educate on the Black experience? And how do we shed light on a group of people that is often marginalized and undermined?” said Hill, who joined fellow curator Dr. Terron Banner for an early June interview at the downtown gallery. “So it was always keeping community first in mind, and then making sure we shared the brilliance and beauty that we know personally with the rest of the world.”

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