Adrienne Domnick, B Sides: An Archive - cassette spine artwork

BSIDES - VOL. 2

The record collection as cultural memory — and the b-side as a metaphor for the figures who shape culture without always receiving its spotlight.

Jackson, Mississippi Nov 2026 – Nov 2027 Community-Authored Archive
Side A
B Sides: An Archive — a glimpse inside Vol. 1
Side A The Artist
Track 01

Artist Bio

Adrienne Domnick is a multidisciplinary artist, designer, and curator from Mississippi whose work explores and celebrates Black culture. She is best known for her large-scale hard-edge portraits, weaving narratives that honor the resilience and creativity of Black heroes — work built to inspire and deepen society's understanding of their impact.

As an artist and curator, Domnick is dedicated to preserving and celebrating the rich narratives of Black storytellers, working to safeguard the voices, histories, and legacies of those who have shaped — and continue to shape — Black culture across literature, oral traditions, music, and the visual arts.

Large-scale hard-edge portrait painting from B Sides: An Archive
The Miseducation of D'Angelo, B Sides: An Archive (Vol. 1)
Open B Sides: An Archive zine spread showing the Vol. 1 tracklist
B Sides: An Archive — Vol. 1 zine, tracklist spread
Track 02

Artist Statement

Hand-painted folding fan artwork of four women, red background
Interlude, B Sides: An Archive (Vol. 1)

With B Sides: An Archive, Domnick turned her attention to music — treating the record collection as a form of cultural memory, and the "b-side" as a metaphor for the overlooked figures who shape culture without always receiving its spotlight.

Vol. 2 extends this practice further, inviting the Mississippi community to contribute their own records and stories, and using those submissions to guide a new body of work honoring the state's music icons. Where her portraits have always sought to elevate their subjects to a scale befitting their true influence, this volume roots that elevation in the collective memory of the people who lived alongside the music — ensuring the archive being built is not hers alone, but Mississippi's.

Track 03

Artistic Process

Vol. 2 extends this archival practice into an explicitly community-authored process. Rather than working solely from her own record collection and memory, Domnick will host a public record submission initiative — inviting Mississippians to contribute a record, and, critically, the personal story attached to it: who introduced them to it, what moment of their life it marks, why it matters. This shifts her role from sole archivist to community archivist, with submissions directly shaping a new body of work honoring Mississippi music icons across blues, gospel, and hip-hop — surfacing which figures matter most to the community, rather than her assumptions about it.

Installation view of the B Sides print series and mixed-media wall works
ICONS, B Sides: An Archive (Vol. 1)
Portrait painting in progress on the studio easel
Work in Progress - La Vie En Rose, B Sides: An Archive (Vol. 1)
Hand-cast stained glass cassette tape artwork
Fused Glass Tapes, B Sides: An Archive (Vol. 1)
From the Artist Statement
"...ensuring the archive being built is not hers alone, but Mississippi's."
— Adrienne Domnick, on B Sides: An Archive, Vol. 2
Side B Vol. 2, The Community Volume
Track 04

Public Presentation Plans

Vol. 2 will be presented through two connected gatherings in Jackson, both free and open to the community.

Gallery visitor viewing framed prints at the B Sides opening
Gathering 01

Community Listening Event

The culmination of the public record submission drive and a communal listening experience, bringing residents together to share and hear the musical history behind the submissions in person. Musicians, artists, or community elders will be invited to contextualize this history on-site — intergenerational knowledge-sharing rather than passive listening. New work inspired by the submissions debuts here.

Gallery visitors at the B Sides Vol. 1 opening reception
Gathering 02

Publication Release

Vol. 1 produced a zine styled after liner notes. Vol. 2's publication is substantially more expansive: documentation of the new work, excerpts from submitted stories with contributor credit, reflections on the Mississippi icons featured, and expanded writing on the archival concept itself — a free or low-cost takeaway that extends the project's life well beyond either event.

Track 05

Desired Audience

Wall installation of CDs from the record collection archive
BeBop, B Sides: An Archive (Vol. 1)

Vol. 2 is designed to reach beyond Jackson's existing gallery-going public. The submission process, listening event, and publication release are structured to draw in music-first audiences who may not otherwise attend an art event.

Domnick intends to partner with local record stores, radio stations, and community organizations to promote both events — ensuring the project reaches residents across generations, not just those already engaged with Jackson's visual arts scene. The publication's role as a takeaway further extends this reach, circulating the collected histories long after both gatherings conclude.

Record collectors Local musicians & DJs Radio listeners Community elders Music lovers All generations
Track 06

BSIDES:COMMUNITY ARCHIVE

Project Budget
$5,000
Timeline
Nov 2026 – Nov 2027
Location
Jackson, MS
"The B-Side as a metaphor for the overlooked figures who shape culture."