Tag: east tennessee
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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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