Profile: Ishmael Houston-Jones (1951-)
Ishmael Houston-Jones is a choreographer, author, performer, teacher, curator, and arts advocate known for his improvisational dance and language work. Continue reading Profile: Ishmael Houston-Jones (1951-)
Profile: THOMAS SOWELL (1930- )
An influential African American economist who is known for his controversial views on race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic status, Thomas Sowell was born in Gastonia, North Carolina in 1930. Continue reading Profile: THOMAS SOWELL (1930- )
Profile: Varnette Honeywood (1950-2010)
Varnette Patricia Honeywood was an American painter, writer, and businesswoman whose paintings and collages depicting African-American life hung on walls in interior settings for The Cosby Show after Camille and Bill Cosby had seen her art and started collecting some of her works. Her paintings also appeared on television on the Cosby Show spin-off A Different World, as well as on the TV series Amen and 227. Continue reading Profile: Varnette Honeywood (1950-2010)
Profile: Ekua Holmes (1955-)
Ekua Holmes is an American mixed-media artist , children’s book illustrator, and arts organization professional. Holmes’ primary method of art making is mixed media collage, by layering newspaper, photos, fabric, and other materials to create colorful compositions. Many of these works evoke her childhood in Roxbury’s Washington Park neighborhood in Boston, MA. Continue reading Profile: Ekua Holmes (1955-)
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