Malaika Favorite is an American visual artist and writer whose art work can be found in major collections in the U.S. She works mainly in oil, acrylic, and watercolor and has carried out experiments with folded canvas and the written word as another dimension of a painting’s text. Her provocative paintings and sculpture pieces emanate as much from her personal history as it does from the wider world. Continue reading Profile: Malaika Favorite (1949-)
Clarence Edwin “Cito” Gaston is a former Major League Baseball outfielder and manager. His major league career as a player lasted from 1967 to 1978, most notably with the San Diego Padres and Atlanta Braves. Continue reading Profile: Cito Gaston (1944-)
Expelled Because of Color is a bronze sculpture, 6 feet (1.8 m) tall, by John Thomas Riddle, Jr. It is located on the grounds of the Georgia State Capitol, 240 State Capitol SW, Atlanta, Georgia. It was commissioned in 1976 by the Georgia Legislative Black Caucus and unveiled on February 16, 1978, the second annual Georgia Association of Black Elected Officials Day. Continue reading Expelled Because of Color
Rodney Ewing is an interdisciplinary artist in San Francisco, California. Ewing’s work explores identity, narrative, history, space, displacement, physical vulnerability and violence. Ewing’s work involves extensive subject research. Often Ewing uses once-common, but now little-known historical objects. Continue reading Profile: Rodney Ewing (1956-)
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