Tag: art
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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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Tobertha Jackson
Tobertha Jackson Sisters Tobertha and Wokie grew up in Liberia, West Africa and draw artistic inspiration from their homeland and its distinctive and colorful traditions. They create well-constructed one-of-a-kind gowns, dresses, shirts, and jewelry blending centuries-old traditional patterns and color schemes with contemporary accents and influences. Crafting Blackness Exhibitions Black Bodies Making Form MTSU Black…
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Wokie Massaquoi-Wicks
Wokie Massaquoi-Wicks Sisters Tobertha and Wokie grew up in Liberia, West Africa and draw artistic inspiration from their homeland and its distinctive and colorful traditions. They create well-constructed one-of-a-kind gowns, dresses, shirts, and jewelry blending centuries-old traditional patterns and color schemes with contemporary accents and influences. Crafting Blackness Exhibitions Black Bodies Making Form MTSU Black…
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Fritz Massaquoi+
Fritz Massaquoi Fritz Hilary Massaquoi (mass-ah-koi) was a self-taught painter who also worked in batik, tie-dye, weaving, printmaking, and papermaking. A long time Emporium resident artist, his works have been collected and exhibited internationally. Fritz was also active as an art teacher, and inspired his art students wherever he taught. The son of West African…
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Hattie Marshall-Duncan
Hattie Marshall-Duncan Self-taught sculptor Hattie Marshall-Duncan, of Jackson, turns clay and found objects into highly distinctive masterworks. As a child, she was inspired by the drawings of her father, a sharecropper who was “a folk artist, though he didn’t know it,” according to Hattie. She created art from a young age, but it was not…
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Rahn Marion
Rahn Marion My work borrows from history, documents my place within the Western art canon, asserts black representation, and combats moral hypocrisy. I’ve been inspired by history and places, and people. My work’s visual language features symbolism, metaphors, and reflections of past historical art periods while juxtaposing, integrating, and portraying black figures in the contemporary.…
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Jerry Machen, Sr.
Jerry Machen, Sr. Jerry Machen, of Kingsport, has been creating innovative, pictorial textile wall hangings and custom carpets for over forty years. The owner and operator of Agape Carpet and Rug Specialists, Jerry is also one of the foremost rug restorers in the southern region. Interested in art since he was a young boy, Jerry…
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Elise Kendrick
Elise Kendrick Creating art has been an intrinsic part of my being for as long as I can remember. While my artistic path has varied, coming from a long line of storytellers and educators has contributed to my desire to visually tell stories. By using painting and printmaking as a vehicle to create, I am…
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William ‘Bill’ Johnson
Bill Johnson Arts educator and Tennessee State University (Tennessee A&I University) alumni, Johnson taught art at Stratford High in Nashville, TN. Johnson received his first formal arts training at the Vancouver School of Art and traveled through Canada studying the art of Native peoples in the 1950s. He served as artist in residence at George…
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