“Beah Ripple,” an exhibition/workshop opening Saturday, April 1, at the Community Artists’ Collective, is developed and curated by Busi L. Peters-Maughan. The exhibition issues a call to action to be a part of a sexual healing grief ritual and to provide women a safe space to release and discuss sexual abuse between men and women, both mentally and physically.

Works of artists, both visual and performing, are included in the presentation.

Peters-Maughan’s inspiration to create this exhibition was inspired by Beah Richard’s poem, “Thus a Black Woman Speaks: Of White Womanhood, White Supremacy and Peace,” and is offered as an art healing tool for addressing sexism, racism, sexual abuse, mistrust and the monstrous relationships between women of different ethnicities.

Peters-Maughan, an activist, educator and Reentry/Criminal Justice/Hip Hop Artivist, explains that “This exhibition connects the dots between women of European descent, male patriarchy and other issues rooted in oppression, colonization and the captivity of melanin dominant/indigenous bodies.”

Workshops with discussions based on the artist’s statement will be held every Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m. throughout the exhibition, which continues through April 29. A reception, artist talk and program with dance poems will be held Sunday, April 23, from 1 to 5 p.m.

Peters-Maughan holds a bachelor’s degree in information systems from the University of Houston Downtown and a masters in Multicultural Studies from the University of Houston Clear Lake. She is a wife and mother of two, and she endeavors to share her own unique perspective on the world as a native from the birthplace of Hip Hop the Boogie Down Bronx, a melanin dominant citizen of the Universe born in Amerikkka and as a child of the African Diaspora. She is the founder of the nonprofit WHEW (Women Healing & Empowering Women).

The Collective, 4101 San Jacinto, Suite 116, is open Thursday through Saturday from 12 noon until 5 p.m. and by appointment.