Visual artist Charmaine Minniefield seeks to preserve Black narratives as a radical act of social justice. As an artist-activist, her work intentionally pushes back against erasure, displacement, misrepresentation and marginalization by reclaiming cultural histories in communities affected by gentrification. Her murals can be seen at numerous locations in Atlanta. Her recent public art projects include projection mapping and site-specific installation. With over 20 years experience as a producer and arts administrator, Minniefield has worked with such organizations as the National Black Arts Festival, the High Museum of Art and the Fulton County Department of Art and Culture. She has produced projects with such organizations as Alternate ROOTS, Points of Light and Flux Projects and she currently serves as faculty for both Spelman College and Freedom University.
Honoring Carrie Steele, Keeper of Children
Charmaine Minniefield | 2018
As an artist-activist, Charmaine Minniefield's work preserves cultural histories of communities affected by gentrification by celebrating African-American women leaders. This image acknowledges the contribution of Carrie Steele, once born into slavery, then founder of what would become the Carrie Steele Pitts Home for Children. Minniefield honors the work of this Atlanta matriarch by depicting a toddler, signifying the contribution of Steele to the fabric of the city as the first orphanage for children of color, placing generations of children in loving homes even still today.