By Crafty Sistah on 02/21/2010
Rachel.
Rebecca.
Two sisters, graduates from Howard University with degrees in mathematics, they both also receive accolades for their art and expression. Twins. Scholars. Artists. Teachers. Sistahs!
Natives of Chicago and graduates of Washington DC they each have a soulful sensitivity evident in their art. Individual styles, they share a common expertise and that is the capability to breathe life, personality, character and dignity in their art.
They are their mothers’ daughters, she is also an artist who provided her children with the gift and opportunity to craft their talents in the home.
Rachel D Crouch @ Howard University--President Obama Inauguration Day 2009
Artist Rachel Crouch will move you by Alexis Fedor, Rebecca Crouch, Class of 2004 from Howard University.
We will all want to claim that we knew them when….
Posted in Artist, Featured | Tagged African American, Artists, Perseverance
By Crafty Sistah on 02/19/2010
This little thing you’re making; it will carry your heart with it, and it will see the places that you won’t.
Creina Alcock’s sentiments are profound for the people who seek every day to earn a wage to survive in the midst of numerous hardships…but their works are inspirational in their beauty and cultural history. Bridge for Africa is a Fair Trade Org that supplements income opportunities for many different artisans in Africa.
In Zambia they provide an alternative for the women to sew and earn money rather than selling their bodies, in Mdukatshani, (place of lost grasses) Zulu women & children weave intricate designs and patterns into baskets, jewelry and ornaments of copper and imported glass beads in the midst of poverty & daily funerals of family and friends who have succumbed to AIDs, the Bridge for Africa wares have an immeasurable value for those who create and those who purchase.
These artisans are highlighted as well as many others worthy of your reading, Zulu Telephone Wire Artists, San Bushmen of Nambia, and Tugela River Valley Copper & Bead Artist.
Posted in Empowerment Zone | Tagged African, artisans, Empowerment
By Crafty Sistah on 02/06/2010
One of the best African themed photo compilations on the web is Heart of Afrika Designs by AV Mobley.
There are a variety of galleries to peruse and a lot of talent on display.
There is also an informative, illustrative Adinkra Cloth Symbols pdf that he created and provides free on his site as well. It is beautifully done and a must have for anyone who wants a convenient Adinkra guide. Enjoy!
Posted in Featured, Website | Tagged Art, Crafts, culture, Diversity
By Crafty Sistah on 02/08/2010
iona rozeal brown, African American artist originally from Washington, DC who has earned accolades for her expressive imagination and aesthetic which has been greatly influenced by Japanese, Ukiyo-e from the metropolitan culture of Edo (Tokyo) perhaps as a result of a trip she made to Japan.
artist iona rozeal brown Spelman Gallery, All Rights Reserved
Her innovate style, coined as “a3″ or “afro-asiatic allegory” and the collection
"Black on Both Sides" is presented online by Curator Dr. Andrea Barnwell of Spelman College, Museum of Fine Art.
Honored with the 2009 Joyce Award in Visual Art by the Joyce Foundation in Chicago, IL which also commissioned iona rozeal brown to create new work
ionarozealbrown on display @ MOCA
based on JUkiyo-e prints from the Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College. The collection is entitled all falls down which is on display until May 9, 2010.
It is her first museum exhibition of her work in the William D. Ginn Gallery and Dr. Gerald and Phyllis Seltzer Rotunda Gallery along with a series entitled "From Then to Now: Masterworks of Contemporary African American Art" which is a compilation of works from a contributors, Allen Memorial Art Museum at Oberlin College, the Akron Art Museum and the Cleveland Museum of Art.
Both exhibitions should be exciting for children to experience and may it motivate them to be expressive as well.
Posted in Artist, Featured | Tagged African American, Artist, culture, Diversity, Exhibition
By Crafty Sistah on 02/20/2010
Yep, it happens to the best of us…we love it, but others not so much.
It you have a trinket or two that would qualify for the Ugly Necklace Contest…grab it and take a pic and submit if before March 15th…if the person who is taking your picture can’t stop laughing you may have a winner! If you’re shy they will take scans! Competition shall be fierce as they are accepting international applications this year. Check out the site for prizes, details and umm.. good luck!
8th Annual
The Ugly Necklace Contest, 2010
A Jewelry Design Competition
with a Twist
Posted in Contests, Featured | Tagged beads, jewelry, need a laugh
By Crafty Sistah on 02/20/2010
Deadline: March 5, 2010
The Challenge:
Tell a complete story in 8 photographs. Your story should have a beginning, middle and end.
Click here for more info...
The Art Institutes Storytellers Photography Scholarship Competition challenges those interested in pursuing a photography education to submit eight photos based on the theme, “Storytelling Through the Lens” and an artist’s statement describing the photos. The grand prize winners will each earn a tuition scholarship to The Art Institutes school at which they entered the competition.
Deadline: March 5, 2010
Art Institutes Storytellers Photography Competition
The Challenge:
Tell a complete story in 8 photographs. Your story should have a beginning, middle and end.
Posted in Contests, Featured | Tagged photography
By Crafty Sistah on 02/18/2010
1st Annual Harlem Fine Arts Show
Click here for more info...Harlem 1st Annual Fine Arts Show
February 20 –11am to 10pm
February 21 –11am to 7pm
Location:369th Armory, 2366 Fifth Ave, between 142nd & 143rd Streets
Adults $20
Children 12 & under $10
Numerous famous African Artists to appear,the show is sponsored by the New York Times. for more info..Harlem Fine Arts Show
A Nichols new work for HFA
Posted in Events, Exhibitions | Tagged Art, Artists
The Skin Quilt Project
By Crafty Sistah on 02/18/2010
Quilts by their nature may document a personal event, family genealogy, creative expression, historical event or social commentary and the release of the documentary
It’s subject matter guarantees social commentary and analysis of “colorism” and the film promises to be revealing in its historical, social, family and personal revelations about the effects of skin color.
The Skin Quilt Projectmay encompass all these in one.The documentary
"The Skin Quilt Project"has completed filming and ensures an educational and revealing project. The research of filmmaker Lauren Cross is guaranteed to provide an abundance of truth with the conversation that it will provoke and invoke. The participation of such voices and opinions as Dr. Carolyn Mazloomi, Wendell George Brown, Carolyn Crump,Michael Cummings and Vermelle “Bunnie” Rodriguez, as well as a vast company of talented wise visionaries.The organizers are now creating an events calendar to schedule screenings of the film, and if your group, guild, sorority, church or school is
interested in this topic, don’t delay….heres the link for
info.There are videos and background information on the project at the website. Timely subject and a unique method to address it and I look forward to viewing it. And if you are on
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