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Beverley Watson helped open our eyes to the incredible history of Black artists in Bedford Stuyvesant. With our gratitude to Beverley for bringing her spirit, work and desire to reawaken and create again with the Artshack community, Artshack Brooklyn is pleased to present Nefer Atum Lotus Blossom: rebirth & regeneration, Beverley Watson's first exhibition.
In Nefer Atum Lotus Blossom Beverley exhibits work that continues where she left clay thirty years ago, inspired by the spirits of oceans, Africa and self-love. During that time Beverley was moving through life's challenges, breakthroughs, and gratitude, and bringing forth her inner Lotus, the reflection of her inner beauty.
Over the past two years it has been an honor to have Beverley Watson in the Artshack community. She is an extraordinary and important artist whose work captivates members - all extraordinary artists and potters themselves - with its beauty, ambition, organic nature and her patience with where the pieces lead her. She has inspired members and transported members to Africa with her work. While a member of the community she has been artist and student, one who is open to learning from others in the studio.
Exhibition text by Angeli Rasbury, May 2021
Beverley Watson is a ceramic sculptor, art therapist, and small business owner, providing services to children with special needs. She was born and raised in Kingston, Jamaica. Beverley has been based in the Bedford Stuyvesant community for more than 35 years. She identifies herself as Ja’merican combining her cultural heritage as a Jamaican and an African American. Beverley pursued her college education in the USA at Pratt Institute. She earned her BFA with highest honors, in Fine Arts with a Minor in Psychology. She continued her Graduate studies at Pratt and earned a double MPS in Art Therapy/Creativity Development and Special Education. She spent most of her adult life teaching inner city youth in NYC Public Schools where she was a strong advocate for inclusion of the arts in schools. Thirty years transpired before she returned to her passion, creating with clay. Beverley describes herself as a conduit through which ancestral energy flows. She has a strong connection and love of the Ocean and Mother Earth. Her art has been described as ancestral, African, healing, protective and powerful. She believes that her work expresses many aspects of her life’s journey. Beverley is a resident artist at Artshack, located in Bedford Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
