Do you want me to create a piece of art in the style of Aminah Robinson? Let me know in the comments. “She’s a magic maker, she’s an alchemist…” Joyce Scott (Artist) Her aesthetic resonates with my aesthetic. Sometimes it is hard to narrow down your creativity or limit it to one thing or one style, or even one medium. And I guess for artists and creatives, the saying "jack of all trades, but master of none" resonates in the psyche, which may keep one from being productive at

Kara Walker Kara Walker is among the most complex and prolific American artists of her generation. Over the past decade, she has gained national and international recognition for her room-size tableaux depicting historical narratives haunted by sexuality, violence, and subjugation through the genteel 18th-century art of cut-paper silhouettes. Over the years the artist has used drawing, painting, light projections, writing, shadow puppetry, and, most recently, film animation t

We celebrate Lois Mailou Jones. Why did we not get taught about her in school?!!! She was an amazing multi-talented artists and educator. She was an artists, a textile artists, designer and an educator. She was undaunted by the racists and misogynistic behaviors of the 1930,40’s and later yet her career spanned 7 decades! Through the years her style shifted and evolved multiple times in response to the influences in her life. She was adapt with multiple mediums, technique for

Savage paved the way for so many of the great artists of the Harlem Renaissance. Biography.com says that " Savage assisted many burgeoning African American artists, including Jacob Lawrence and Norman Lewis and many others." #artist #Africanart #family #blackgirlmagic #africanmasks #blackhistory #blackandproud #blackpower #melanin #blacklove #illustrator #blackboyjoy #blackgirls #blackgirlsrock #blackexcellence #hbcugrad #blackculture #panafrican #blacklivesmatter #blackhist