10/27/03 is a body of work by artist, Ashley A. Ross that surveys the ways in which experiential dualities can exist within the confines of a religious upbringing. Intertwining allegorical photographic imagery, this exhibition uses portraiture and personal familial memorabilia to illustrate ideas about indoctrination and legacy within the Black familial structure. Whether it's through visual allegories or the artist’s personal explorations of religion or family, each photographic work represents the process of rumination and memory when confronting one’s own former religious experience.

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Join us for a conversation and reception to celebrate our current Emerging Artist Program exhibition Ashley A. Ross - 10/27/03. Ashley will be in conversation with Taylor Brandon. This program takes place in-person at MoAD, masks are required throughout the museum.

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Ashley A. Ross currently works and resides in the Bay Area, CA. Her personal work explores cultural aspects of black existence and familial legacy. Through the use of allegorical portraiture and utilizing personal memorabilia, her work seeks to investigate and make connections between understanding how traumas and experiences contribute to and inform our identity.

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Taylor Leigh Brandon is a writer, arts administrator and Barista from Oakland,CA who writes about art and culture. Her words can be found in Apartment Therapy, SF Eater, Selvedge Magazine and Vanity Fair. Taylor’s creative practice is preceded by a five year public relations career in entertainment, art, and education. She is also a founding member of No Neutral Alliance (NNA), a group of working artists and arts administrators who are fighting to dismantle anti-blackness within arts institutions while simultaneously creating meaningful space outside institutions.

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