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We are a collective of nine mature Black women artists.  Our group met and bonded over a year-long collaborative book arts activity, Project 2020: 9 Artists|9 Months|9 Perspectives, to visually archive our reflections, perspectives, emotions, fears, and hopes during the year 2020-2021. Our collaboration nurtured the development of a collective, Dandelion Black Women Artists, and led to several group exhibitions of the project and ideas for future collaborations.

Why the dandelion? In creating our work, many of us referenced the resiliency of dandelions and their healing powers, a metaphor for the strength, wisdom, and care embodied in Black people, women in particular, from historic to contemporary times.