Jamila Woods is a Chicago-based American singer, songwriter and poet. Woods is a graduate of St. Ignatius College Prep and Brown University, where she received a BA in Africana Studies and Theater & Performance Studies. Her work focuses on themes of Black ancestry, Black feminism, and Black identity, with recurring emphases on self-love and the City of Chicago. Continue reading Profile: Jamila Woods (1989-)
damali ayo is an American conceptual artist, performance artist, and author. She created conceptual art from 1997-2017. She is of African-American, English, Italian, and Native American descent. She prefers her name in lower case. Her art used a range of mediums, including assemblage, collage, installation, audio, video, photography, new genres, writing, speaking, and performance Continue reading Profile: damali ayo (1972-)
William Ellisworth Artis was an African-American sculptor, whose favorite medium was clay. The freedom of modeling gave him a broad range of expression. During the latter part of his life, he began to focus on potting. Continue reading Profile: William Artis (1914-1977)
Zebedee B. Armstrong was an outsider artist known for his doomsday calendars. Continue reading Profile: Zebedee Armstrong (1911-1993)
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