Ayana Ross Art

05/08/2026

A well-deserved honor for Rep. Bright!

Grateful to have been a part of this project 🌷

03/19/2026

Artwork: “Hands of Care” Ayana Ross, Oil on Canvas, 48x36 2025

On display until April 4th at 🌷

03/13/2026

Artwork: “Only Justice” Ayana Ross, Oil on Canvas, 48x36, 2025 🌷

“… only justice to every living thing (and everything alive) will save humankind.

And we are not saved yet. Only justice will stop a curse.”

- Alice Walker, In Search of My Mother’s Gardens (1983)

03/10/2026

Celebrating two major anniversaries and announcing 2026 Duncanson Artist-in-Residence events 🎉

The Taft Museum of Art marks two major anniversaries in 2026: the 175th anniversary of Robert S. Duncanson’s landmark landscape murals and the 40th anniversary of the Duncanson Artist-in-Residence Program, one of America’s longest running residencies dedicated to community engagement and artists of color.

As part of these anniversaries, we are excited to announce the events for this year's Duncanson Artist-in-Residence, Ayana Ross' time in Cincinnati! You can learn more and explore the lineup of events, including her exhibition 'Beyond the Picturesque' at taftmuseum.org/DAIR



Photo by Carol Rose of Colurwrk Photography

03/05/2026

As I look over photos from the Flowers x Seeds Gala, I can’t help but feel grateful. It truly was a night for the books 🌷

You can see “Remember Me”, and all of the stunning pieces in the Spinning Yarn exhibit, now until April 4th at

03/03/2026

This Sunday at - hope to see you there!

Registration link in bio 🌷

02/25/2026

02/25/2026

Well, that was pretty amazing!
The Flowers x Seeds Gala was an extraordinary event-I’m still pinching myself. This community has played such a big part in shaping who I am as an artist. I’m so grateful to have been part of this year’s celebration and recognized as the Seed recipient. Congratulations to Lynn Linnemeier , who received her flowers as the Flower honoree. I will forever cherish this memory.

Everyone was so beautiful! Swept up in the moment, I didn’t get to take many photos, but here are a few that were shared with me. With much love🌷

02/19/2026

🌱 SEED HONOREE: Ayana Ross

ADAMA is excited to announce Ayana Ross as a 2026 SEED honoree.

Born in Savannah, Georgia and based in metro Atlanta, Ross creates paintings that merge traditional oil techniques and figurative realism with ornamentation as a visual language. Through layered pattern, texture, and symbolism, she evokes nostalgia while elevating her subjects within expansive intergenerational narratives.

Her work has been exhibited nationally, including solo exhibitions at the Muskegon Museum of Art, the Reading Public Museum, and most recently at the Museum of Contemporary Art of Georgia as a 2024–2025 Working Artist Project Fellow. Ross is the 2021 Bennett Prize winner, a 2024 Mellon Arts and Practitioner Fellow through Yale’s Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration, and a 2025 Atlanta Artadia Awardee.

As a SEED honoree, Ayana Ross represents the vitality of contemporary practice — honoring lineage while boldly shaping what comes next.

Join us at Flowers x Seeds as we celebrate her vision and rising impact.

🌸🌱 Join us Saturday, February 21 at 7pm! Tickets available now. Link in bio.