Legacy in Bloom


Hardy Ivy Park — Atlanta, GA
August 28, 2025

 
 
 

A celebration of civil rights trailblazer
Xernona Clayton's 95th Birthday

Featuring the opening of extraordinary art installations by Chloe Alexander, Grace Kisa, and Sayma Hossain honoring her incredible legacy.

 

Featured Artists


Chloe Alexander

Chloe Alexander is a printmaker who lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia. Her most recent work focuses on using various printing techniques to create unique works and varied editions. She obtained a BFA from the Ernest G. Welch School of Art & Design at Georgia State University in 2010. Since then, her work has been exhibited broadly, including at Kai Lin Art in Atlanta, the International Print Center in New York, and the Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair in London.

Chloe has received several awards, including the Parent Artist Award at Kala Art Institute in Berkeley, California and the Penland Summer Residency Fellowship at Penland School of Craft in North Carolina.

Her work is included in numerous public and private collections, including the Harvard Museums in Cambridge, MA; The Museum of Fine Art in Boston, MA; The Fidelity Investments Art Collection; and The Petrucci Family Foundation for African American Art in Asbury, NJ.

Grace Kisa

Grace Kisa is a Kenyan  born American artist based in Atlanta, Georgia. A multi disciplinary artist whose primary expression is sculpture, her process is improvisational, a combination of creative play and problem solving. The materials that she uses vary from clay, metal, wood, fiber, and resin. with a focus on recycling and repurposing ordinary objects. Her work draws inspiration from the experiences of a childhood spent in Kenya, Ethiopia, Botswana, Virginia, and as a practicing artist in Georgia.

By taking what is familiar and transforming it, she creates narratives that engage various histories while working through concepts of intersectional identities, examining the processes of migration and cultural exchange beyond borders. Particular attention is given to ideas of comfort, alienation, adaptation and assimilation.Grace graduated from the Art Institute in Atlanta, Georgia and has worked as a professional artist for over 25 years exhibiting in solo and group exhibitions across the United States and overseas.

Grace has been published In The New York Times, Forbes, The Atlanta Journal and Constitution, and ArtsAtl, Black Art In America, and Rolling Out.

Sayma Hossain

Sayma Hossain she/they (B.1992 Dhaka, Bangladesh) is a textile installation artist who navigates with found-objects, unorthodox quilt making and tapestry weavings. Her practice revolves around repurposing textiles or using discarded items and applying traditional techniques to the materials. Growing up at the cultural intersection of Bangladesh and the American South, her work reflects on highlighting labor laws in fast fashion, mental health in the South Asian diaspora and idiosyncrasies on food waste.

She received her BFA in Studio Arts with a concentration in Textile Design at Georgia State University in 2016.

She has exhibited internationally and has public installations across the Southeast in United States; some clients are Patagonia, Emory University, Midtown Alliance, Dashboard and Orange Barrel Media. She's currently based in Atlanta, GA.

 

Event Details


 

Join us for an evening of stunning nature-inspired art installations by Atlanta artists: Chloe Alexander, Grace Kisa, and Sayma Hossain

Thursday, August 28, 2025
5:00-7:00 PM
Hardy Ivy Park, Downtown Atlanta
300 Peachtree St NW

🌼 Birthday celebration with Ms. Clayton herself
🌼 Emceed by Frank Blankenship
🌼 Live music and performances featuring Melvin Miller & Kathleen Bertrand
🌼 Poetry by Hank Stewart
🌼 DJ set by Sed The Saint
🌼 Ice pops and refreshments

Free and open to all. Come bloom with us!

 

Legacy in Bloom is presented by Downtown Atlanta, and produced by Dashboard.