About the Artist
Andrea Downs (she/her) is a social practice and mixed media artist and educator living in Baltimore, Maryland.
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- Mar 22, 2021
- 1 min
Angel's Audio Story - March 11, 2021
"I no longer need justification from anyone. I know now that I will never walk alone and I will never be silenced again." Listen to...
- Mar 16, 2021
- 1 min
Hannah's Audio Story - March 8, 2021
"There is a story that comes up for me often when I think about the first time that I was silenced..." Listen to Hannah's Story.
- Feb 14, 2021
- 1 min
Jinna Kim's Audio Story - February 14th, 2021
"I plead for a wider sphere of usefulness for the long submerged women of China..." Listen to Jinna'a Story
- Dec 3, 2020
- 1 min
Virtual Viewing of the Airing Out the "Dirty" Laundry Installation at The Mint Museum Uptown
Local Photographer, Ernesto Moreno captured some beautiful photos of the installation in late October. I created this video for folks to...
- Dec 2, 2020
- 1 min
Airing Out the "Dirty" Laundry in Winthrop University's student newspaper, The Johnsonian
Airing Out The Dirty Laundry, An Art Movement November 11, 2020 by David Botzer Anyone who has walked through the first floor of the...
- Nov 5, 2020
- 1 min
THE “DIRTY” LAUNDRY MOVES FROM THE BACK PORCH TO THE MINT MUSEUM by Andrea Downs on October 29, 2020
Airing Out the "Dirty" Laundry was featured in The Biscuit last week highlighting the current installation at The Mint Museum Uptown...
- Sep 20, 2020
- 1 min
Partnership with the Arts Council of York County Featured on Rock Hill's CN2 Today
ROCK HILL, S.C. (CN2 TODAY) The Arts Council of York County, the Women’s Art Initiative and Winthrop university Galleries invite members...
- Jul 30, 2020
- 1 min
Camerin's Story
White Laundry is a collaboration between dancer Camerin Watson of TAPROOT CLT, visual artist Andrea Downs, and videographer Kevin...
- May 20, 2020
- 1 min
Nikki's Story
Many of us that are local in Charlotte, NC know or have heard Acclaimed Inspirational Performance Artist, Nikki Eason's MOGUL MOMENTS...
- May 6, 2020
- 2 min
Ginny's Story
Some women initially process their stories in ways that are not visual. Ginny created and shared her beautiful spoken word piece at a...
- Mar 27, 2020
- 1 min
Why is this Charlotte Artist 'Airing Out the Dirty Laundry?' To tell stories.
By Vanessa Infanzon Arts Correspondant and Photojournalist Joshua Komer Photo Credit: Joshua Komer COLLABORATION “Airing Out the ‘Dirty’...
- Feb 12, 2020
- 1 min
Bunny's Story
My first laundry day was AMAZING! Fellowshipping and hearing with/from all the women from different walks and social standing in life was en
- Feb 5, 2020
- 3 min
Brionna's Story
I loved that it was an interactive form of storytelling with the artist, their piece, and whoever was able to see it and touch it next.
- Jan 22, 2020
- 2 min
Kathie's Story
they mean a hidden grief, a silent sorrow, of a time when I had a miscarriage. Lots of women suffer this loss, a child lost.
- Jan 15, 2020
- 1 min
Eva's Story
I knew I wanted my laundry to pay tribute to two amazing women in my family who impact me daily.
- Jan 8, 2020
- 1 min
Emily's Story
I wanted something fresh and modern and distinctly female and cheerleader-y, to represent what I'd once thought sisterhood meant.
- Jan 1, 2020
- 1 min
Angel's Story
It took about a year for me to be brave enough to share my story because there are not a lot of people who know my story.
- Dec 22, 2019
- 1 min
Social Impact Grant winners who are helping better the lives of Charlotteans | Charlotte Agenda
Last week, we got together with the three Social Impact grant winners, along with Red Ventures’ own Social Impact team.
- Dec 13, 2019
- 1 min
Photo Documentary of Airing Out the "Dirty" Laundry
A few months ago, Elon University students, Cierra Johnson and Hannah Otos asked me if they could create a photo documentary of the work tha
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