Brenda Singletary: We Hold These Truths…
July 11- September 19, 2026
Free Public Opening Reception
Saturday, July 11, 6 – 8 p.m.
A personal and collective history observing our nation’s 250th anniversary
Join us at the Free Public Opening Reception:
Saturday, July 11, from 6 – 8 p.m. The event will feature a free, light tapas buffet and cash bar by Venue.
The Brenda Singletary: We Hold These Truths… solo exhibition features sculptural, mixed-media paintings by internationally-acclaimed, Toledo, Ohio artist Brenda Singletary, celebrating her family’s history of military service—and our nation’s 250th anniversary.
Included in the exhibition are all-new paintings from Singletary’s “Love Letter to a Complicated Nation” series, wherein she combines photography, paint, wire, found objects, textured canvas and other fiber mediums—capturing emotionally complex stories layered with history. As the nation marks its Semiquincentennial anniversary, Singletary shares a body of work that records & reflects on her and her ancestral reality in the United States.
The Brenda Singletary: We Hold These Truths… exhibition catalogue, containing all art images, prices, artist information and commentary for the full exhibit will be posted here soon.
This exhibit will continue through September 19, 2026
Brenda Singletary
(Toledo, Ohio)
Brenda Singletary studied at Morris Brown College (Atlanta, Georgia) and Goddard College (Plainfield, Vermont) and has served as a panel judge for the President’s Commission on White House Fellows in Washington, D.C. She has received numerous awards and grants, including a Merit Award and multiple Accelerator Grants through the Arts Commission (Toledo, Ohio), as well as solo exhibitions—most recently at the Savage Community Gallery of Toledo Museum of Art (Ohio) in 2024.
Additionally, Singletary serves as an arts instructor at the Toledo Museum of Art, as well as in her Downtown Toledo studio. She is a proud descendant of generations of U.S. military veterans.