Category: Artists
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Jackie Schlicher
Jackie Schlicher “My pottery stands as evidence that humans, lived here – working, playing and creating – perfectly imperfect, humbled and in awe of the infinite possibilities born of earth, water, air and fire. I hold every opportunity to sit at my wheel and get dirty as a time to create playfully or dramatically with…
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Jernicya Onyekwelu
Jernicya Onyekwelu “My objective is to produce artwork that is commonly inspired by my desire to represent the global majority specifically of African American and African descendants and ethnic identities. Being a Black woman, I’ve always enjoyed adding pieces of my identity into any artwork that I create through concentrating on portraits that reflect strong…
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Sammie Nicely+
Sammie Nicely+ “As an artist, my work is an extension of myself and helps me to better understand my cultural heritage. It is a crucial means of self-understanding. I see art as the medium through which such understanding can be attained. I create art for self-satisfaction and a way of communicating with others. My art…
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Calvin Nicely
Calvin Nicely Tennessee General Assembly is proud that our state is the home of some of the most gifted and accomplished artists in the country. Calvin Nicely of Morristown is one such highly respected artist, who recently has had his inspirational work featured in the prestigious Africa to Appalachia celebration. Calvin Nicely was born in…
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Althea Murphy-Price
Althea Murphy-Price Inspired by the social implication of beauty and its relationship to female identity, women and culture. Topics of real and false, decoration, and imitation are explored in two- and three-dimensional working methods, using traditional and non-conventional approaches to printmaking, and sculpture. Althea Murphy-Price began her studies in Fine Art at Spelman College before…
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Jimmy Mumford
Jimmy Mumford Jimmy Mumford is Middle Tennessee State University’s newest chair member in their art department. Mumford took the position back in March 2022. He previously taught graphic design at Jackson State University. Mumford graduated with a BFA from Delta State University in 1997 and an MFA from Memphis College of Art in 2000. When…
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Elisheba Israel Mrozik
Elisheba Israel Mrozik “The narrative of Black identity has, for too long, been interwoven with threads of deception, appropriation, and commodification. Nowhere is this more evident than in the complex journey of Ankara fabric, a textile that many view as emblematic of African heritage. But as the ‘Hood Cloth’ series seeks to illuminate, the true…
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James McKissic
James McKissic My work is born of a desire to use color, texture and shape in a way that invites the viewer into the artwork. If you don’t want to physically touch my work, I feel like I haven’t been successful. My work allows me to explore on an organic, primal level my relationship to…
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Dr. Charles E. McGruder
Dr. Charles E. McGruder Dr. Charles E. McGruder began his education at Alabama A&M, serving in World War II in the Army Aircorps. He resumed his studies at Xavier University, and earned his Doctor of Medicine degree at Meharry Medical College, graduating in 1952. Spending his career in Nashville specializing in Obstetrics & Gynecology, he…
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Aundra McCoy
Aundra McCoy Aundra McCoy grew up in a family of seamstresses and quilters, and her mixed media quilts reflect this lineage. Raised in the historic African American community of Orange Mound, Tennessee, McCoy carries on this legacy of textile arts. McCoy’s mother taught each of her children how to sew by hand and by machine.…
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