My Soul Has Got To Move

Long-Sharp Gallery Indianapolis kicks off its 2022 gallery season with a solo exhibition for mixed-media artist Lavett Ballard. The exhibit, My Soul Has Got To Move, will take place from February 4 – March 26.

The Indianapolis exhibition title references a “1978 gospel-funk-soul song of the same name, a tune about change and transformation… many of the artworks and their titles express such themes as presence, personal evolution, gender empowerment, racial solidarity, and collective uplift,” says Dr. Tiffany E. Barber, scholar, curator, and critic who wrote the essay about Ballard and her works in this exhibit.

Ballard’s works have been exhibited in numerous museums, are in important collections, and her portrait of Rosa Parks was featured on the 2020 cover of TIME Magazine.  She was recently named by Black Art in America as one of the top 10 emerging Black female artists to collect. Ballard is expected to attend the First Friday reception.

Her Indianapolis exhibition opening (February 4th, 6-9pm) is sponsored by Conrad Indianapolis. For the health and safety of our community, masks are required. Proof of vaccination or negative COVID test (taken within 72 hours of event) is also required.