Celebrating Our Differences
The mental states we reside within are a dialogue in our heads about the external world. These stories we tell ourselves are both fiction and nonfiction. However, we are certain of one fact. The world around us is a constantly challenging vortex that we must deal with daily….
Artist: Patricia Coleman-Cobb Title: “Dear Tyrone” – (30×42 mixed media) Artist, Patricia Coleman-Cobb invites you to write words for Dear Tyrone. Let your imagination soar and give this sister some choice words to initiate change either with or without Tyrone. COMMENTS PLEASE. Question: This mellow Lady is…
I keep remembering a time when I was young… hands so tender, it almost hurt to clasp them in prayer… When all I could hold was my stuffed teddy who knew all my fears, joys, and wants. The sound of the Zimbabwean national anthem evoked hope in the…
Brenda Davis (1962 – 2022) Art by Brenda Davis Inspired by visions that “God sends to me,” Brenda Davis filled the walls and ceilings of her double-wide mobile home in rural Alabama with painted depictions of boldly abstracted flowers and birds, multi-colored fronds, primeval jungle royalty, calligraphic-like seals,…
And so it happened. A door shut in my face. Again. In my mind’s ear, the soundtrack of a sad movie plays. It feels as though I might just get glued into the tarmac if I do not lift my feet quick enough. You see, I don’t remember…
“Kescorism?” I saw his work, and I had to ask what in the world this art form defines. Kelvin (Artistk) Ansong replied,”KESCORISM is my identity brand. Proceeding with my name Kelvin…… I always want to distinguish my works with circular shapes and colors… Therefore KESCORISM is my own…
Attunement: Covid Memorial at Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, 2020 Direction, as a concept, has a couple of implications. In one sense, a directional trajectory is often framed in some sort of action verb coupled with destination, heading north, falling backward, climbing up. In another sense, it…
A few years back I penned a piece inviting you to “Jump” into experiencing different cultures. Eight years later, I am awestruck to be experiencing the first national Indian art exhibition – Darshan, Visions of India, sponsored by the Tennessee Valley Museum of Art, Tuscumbia, AL. Garden Spices…
I attended the Darshan Festival in Tuscumbia, AL. In the midst of the vivid colors of the artistic renderings of India, my eyes took me to a contemporary offering, the hands of Labdhi Shah. When she defined the nature of capturing the beauty of the expression of…
I was enchanted by the power of the artistry I met in viewing the work of Cecilia Lamptrey-Botchway. Then I browsed her collective work; I was mesmerized by the diverse talent of this artist – painting, batik, performance art, and the consciousness of celebrating women. Garden Spices welcomes…