press
Mythmakers
by Terri C. Smith, Art New England, March/April 2025 Issue
In Ink And Oil, An Artist's Quiet Rebellion
by Lucy Gellman, The Arts Paper, January 2025
Shaunda Holloway Sings The Canvas Electric
The New Haven Independent, January 2025
Collaborative Gestures, Generative Models
by Terri C. Smith, Art New England, September/October 2024 Issue
Black & Brown Artists Abstract Origins
by Brian Slattery, The New Haven Independent, August 2024
Inaugural Art Show Cracks Open The Questions
by Brian Slattery, The New Haven Independent, May 2024
Orchid Gallery Blooms Into Being
by Lucy Gellman, The Arts Paper, April 2024
Culture Bearers Gather At The Orchid Gallery
by Markeshia Ricks, The Arts Paper, April 2024
Orchid Gallery Prepares For Inaugural Show
by Brian Slattery, The New Haven Independent, February 2024
CAW Show Makes Freedom Visible
by Lucy Gellman, The Arts Paper, February 2023
Five CT Exhibits to Visit in Celebration of Black History Month
by Andrea Valluzzo, CT Insider, February 2023
Artists Walk Toward Freedom At CAW
by Brian Slattery, New Haven Independent, February 2023
New Haven Art Exhibit Celebrates ‘Diversity Within Blackness’
by Chatwan Mongkol, New Haven Register, February 2023
‘They Have a Lot More Control Than They Think’: How Black Art Promoters Are Urging Artists to Look Beyond Traditional White Gatekeepers’
by Melissa Smith, artnet news, May 2021
Artists Get "Unapologetically Radical"
by Arturo Pineda, The Arts Paper, February 2021
media
Live Culture: Max and Martha Talk with nico w. okoro about Orchid Gallery
LoveBabz LoveTalk with Babz Rawls-Ivy: nico w. okoro and Erik Clemons, Opening of Orchid Gallery
WNHH Community Radio, May 2024
LoveBabz LoveTalk with Babz Rawls-Ivy: Creative Arts Workshop and bldg fund
WNHH Community Radio, December 2022
Unapologetically Radical: Truth and Reconciliation
New Haven's Department of Arts & Cultural Affairs in partnership with the International Festival of Arts & Ideas. February 2022
CT LIVE!: Connecticut in Color – Meet More New Haven Artists Advocating for Change
The City of New Haven’s Department of Cultural Affairs assists, promotes, and encourages artists and community organizations to stand for social justice and improve the overall quality of life for New Haven residents, December 2021
Monuments and Collective Memory
The International Festival of Arts & Ideas, June 2021
A Ripe Moment to Make a Change
The Antiracist Artist Podcast, March 2021
LoveBabz LoveTalk With Babz Rawls-Ivy: nico wheadon: Black Art in America
WNHH Community Radio, March, 2021
