Women’s Mobile Museum
CURATED BY LORI WASELCHUK AND PRESENTED IN COLLABORATION WITH VIAD, GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE,
THE MUSEUM OF BLACK JOY AND TILT INSTITUTE FOR THE CONTEMPORARY IMAGE
EVENTS WERE PRESENTED AT DIFFERENT LOCATIONS
17 September – 28 September 2022
The Women’s Mobile Museum is conceived by Zanele Muholi and created with Lori Waselchuk and TILT Institute for the Contemporary Image with the support of the William Penn Foundation. The Women’s Mobile Museum is a vehicle in the metaphorical sense – it is both a manifesto and a delivery system for reclaiming the space and function of presenting art. It aims to challenge the current hierarchies of the art world and, more broadly, of the intellectual world. Compelling imagery asks us to question the gaze, housing, urban social infrastructure, memory and racism, as well as what it means to make a photographic portrait. The artists of the Women’s Mobile Museum envision a decolonized art museum that welcomes all people. The event is made up of two components: the exhibition, Women’s Mobile Museum (hosted at FADA Building, Bunting Road campus) and the programme Black Joy and Self Care (hosted at Enoch Sontonga center, Soweto campus).
“To move from trauma to triumph is intentional work.”
Andrea Walls, founder of The Museum of Black Joy
WOMEN’S MOBILE MUSEUM
EXHIBITION OPENING AND PANEL DISCUSSION
The work of the Women’s Mobile Museum is comprised of the work of ten women and trans artists from America that collectively interrogate access to the arts, and challenges who is educated by and represented in arts institutions. Each of the Philadelphia artists was selected for a year-long funded opportunity to explore and develop new work. The Philadelphia artists that participated in this show are Afaq Mahmoud, Shasta Bady, Davelle Barnes, Latasha Billington, Iris Maldonado, Danielle Morris, Shana-Adina Roberts, Carrie-Anne Shimborski, Muffy Ashley Torres, and Andrea Walls alongside the internationally renowned and celebrated South African artists Zanele Muholi and Lindeka Qampi. The exhibition was opened with a panel discussion between Zanele Muholi, Lindeka Qampi and two Women’s Mobile Museum artists: Afaq “Fofo” Mahmoud and Shasta Bady. Moderated by Farieda Nazier, the panel discussed how community can become a form of activism, how the artist serves as an activist and how these form integral themes in the works shown on the exhibition.

Images from the programme Women’s Mobile Museum Exhibition
BLACK JOY AND SELF CARE
INSTALLATION, CONVENING AND ARTIST INTERVENTIONS
The outdoor installation of Black Joy and Self Care features banners produced by womxn Women’s Mobile Museum artists on themes of black joy and self-care. This event comprised of a joyful agenda which included a walkabout of the installation, talks by some of the artists, performances and artist interventions, idea sharing as well as spoken poetry and readings.



















