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Celebrating The Black Experience
2025 Traveling Art Exhibition
"Alluring"
36" x 48"
oil on canvas
2025
A Journey Through Kentucky
"Alluring," a powerful work of Afrocentric Neo-Impressionism by
Lessie Venardo Dixon, is now on view as part of the Celebrating the Black Experience traveling exhibition across Kentucky. This evocative piece captures the magnetic pull of identity, beauty, and ancestral memory, painted by Dixon's signature style-a fusion of representational form, vibrant color, and spiritual depth.
With each brushstroke, "Alluring" explores the quiet confidence and sacred presence of the Black feminine spirit. The painting draws viewers into a space of reflection, pride, and reclamation, embodying the essence of what it means to be seen physically and through lineage and legacy.
As part of its exhibition journey, Alluring will be showcased at:
Gateway Regional Arts Center
101 East Main Street
Mt. Sterling, KY
July 3 - Aug 5, 2025
Tue. - Fri. 1 - 8 PM, Sat. 10 AM - 2 PM Eastern
Reception: Thur, July 10, 5:30 - 7:30 PM Eastern
SKyPAC (Southern Kentucky Performing
Arts Center)
601 College Street
Bowling Green, KY
Aug. 8 - 26, 2025
Mon. - Fri. 9 AM - 5 PM Central, and during events on Saturday and Sunday
Reception: Sat., Aug. 23, 5:30 - 7 PM Central
Hazard Community and Technical College,
Stephens Library
1 Community College Drive
Hazard, KY
Sept. 2 - 21, 2025
Mon. - Fri. 8:30 AM - 5 PM Eastern
Reception: Tue., Sept. 2, 11 AM
Berea Arts Council
444 Chestnut Street
Berea, KY
Sept. 24 - Nov. 1, 2025
Wed. - Fri. Noon - 5:30 PM, Sat. 10 AM - 3 PM Eastern
Reception and artist talk Fri., Sept. 26, Time TBA
Kentucky State University
400 East Main Street
Frankfort, KY
Nov. 5 - Dec 15, 2025
Hours: TBA
This 2025 exhibition honors and elevates Black voices through visual storytelling,
"Alluring" stands as a testament to Dixon's ongoing mission: to create art that remembers, resonates, and returns us to who we truly are.
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