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Gary White
Gary White “We are always in constant search of recording the world around us. This need can be seen in the works of ancient ancestors. From Moche effigy pots of pre-Columbian America to the latest high tech digital camera, the urge to record is undeniably in our genetic human DNA. The immediacy of clay has…
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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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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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Kimberly Dummons
Kimberly Dummons Kimberly Dummons is an Associate Professor of Art and Design at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro, TN, where she primarily teaches Two-Dimensional Design and Three-Dimensional Design. Originally from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, she earned her B.A. in Art from Xavier University of Louisiana, and her MFA in Studio Art, with a Sculpture concentration,…
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Tina Curry
Tina Curry Each piece is individually formed from a slab or lump of clay. Tina primarily uses her bare hands rather than tools, so you will see her finger marks on the pieces. The love of animals, both domestic and wild, are the essence of her body of work. “In nature I observe animals in…
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