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Nnamdi Okonkwo
In 2009, I had the pleasure of meeting Nnamdi Okonkwo at an art show in Manhattan. Pictured: Nnamdi Okonkwo, Sculptor, with Resolution A couple of years ago I started following him on IG and told him I was looking forward to the day I could purchase my first piece of art from him. Have you thought about what your first…
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Holiday Delight: Alvin Ailey’s Virtual Season!
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Virtual Phoenix Urban Expo – TODAY
Hi join me today at the Virtual Urban Expo 2020 by Greater Phoenix Urban League Young Professionals – Saturday, November 14, 2020! Go To Event Page Hi Everyone – this Hopin event will begins at 10:00am Mountain Time and goes until 3:00pm on Saturday, November 14, 2020. Join me! Chat. Order. Enjoy the speakers. When it’s time, you…
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Doodle4Google 2017 Winner
I love this contest. The entries from young artists are so inspiring. The 2017 winner is Sarah Harrison (CT): Congratulations to Sarah Harrison from Connecticut in the 10th-12th grade group on being named the National Finalist of the 2016-17 Doodle 4 Google Contest for her doodle “A Peaceful Future”. Google is honored to award Sarah with a $30K college scholarship…
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Quote: Inspiration is always everywhere…
“That which takes place by surprise, moments of happiness, that is inspiration. Inspiration is there all of the time for everyone whose mind is not clouded over with thoughts, whether they realize it or not. Inspiration is pervasive but not a power. It is a peaceful thing. It is a consolation even to plants and animals. Do not think that…
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Phoenix Art Museum: Extras
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Exhibit: Kehinde Wiley – Sculptures
Kehinde Wiley is one of the leading American artists to emerge in the last decade and he has been ingeniously reworking the grand portraiture traditions.
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Advice to Young Women Artists
Advice to Young Women Artists: An artist’s life is an unconventional life. It leads away from the example of the past. It struggles painfully against its own conditioning. It appears to rebel but in reality it is an inspired way of life.
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Remembering the Atrocities of Hiroshima
A couple of years ago, I saw Hiroshima, Mon Amour, a 1959 French film set in Hiroshima, Japan following the U.S. bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki on August 6 and 9, 1945. I had learned a very sanitized version of the bombings in school, but I don’t recall ever seeing the effects of the bombing, i.e. the large-scale destruction of life…
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Harlem Book Fair: Virtual Visit to Spirit Harvest Table
My online store is open for the day - for virtual Harlem Book Fair shopping. Use promo code WPHBF and get 15% off at http://mkt.com/spirit-harvest
