SPOTLIGHT ON ARTIST BEVERLY Y. SMITH:
Art is the only way to run away without leaving home. –
Twyla Tharp
Check out more of her work at www.beverlyysmithart.com
SPOTLIGHT ON ARTIST APRIL BEY:
To be an artist to me is to stay alive. It keeps me breathing on this planet. – April Bey
Check out more of her work at www.aprilbey.com
SPOTLIGHT ON ARTIST LAVETT BALLARD:
I work with wood because it is a living example of history, within each of its rings. My use of Fences is a symbolic reference to how fences keep people in and out, just as racial and gender identities can do the same socially. As an Artist, I feel a responsibility to my ancestors to be the creative visual storyteller for lives lost, forgotten, & ignored. And, to represent those lives to those that never cared about them to afford a greater appreciation of the contributions from my community. – Lavett Ballard
Check out more of her work at www.LavettBeArt.com;
SPOTLIGHT ON FIBER ARTIST SHERRY SHINE:
Telling the African American story through quilts – Sherry Shine
Check out more of her work on Instagram: @sherry_shinefiberart
