Southern University Homecoming Art Exhibition 2018

Southern University

10th Annual Homecoming Art Exhibition SU Visual Arts Alumni IV September 25 – October 11

2018

Southern University Homecoming Art Exhibitions 9th Annual Next Generation of FIYAH! 2017 8th Annual Roosevelt Daniel Art Guild 2016 7th Annual SU Visual Arts Alumni III 2015 6th Annual The National Alliance of Artists from HBCUs Annual Conference and Juried Exhibition The Importance of Art to HBCUs in this New Millennium 2014 5th Annual SU Visual Arts Alumni II 2013 4th Annual National Conference of Artists, New Orleans Chapter 21st Anniversary 2012 3rd Annual SU Visual Arts Faculty: Past and Present 2011 2nd Annual SU Visual Arts Alumni 2010

Gallery Grand Opening Visual Arts Student Exhibition 2009 Cover Photo: Christopher Russell Design: Robert Cox

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SU Visual Arts Hallway Graphic, Frank Hayden Hall Welcome Letter – Derrick Warren Welcome Letter – Dean Cynthia Downing Bryant Welcome Letter – Addie Dawson-Euba Robert Cox – Gallery Director Welcome Letter – Robert Cox Acknowledgements A History of Homecoming Art Exhibitions at Southern University

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Quaja Bell Krystal Black Llewellyn Bradford Jeanne’ Brown Kirsten “Kayecee” Campbell Jonvan Devold Karin B. Dorsey Kimberley Duhon Terrell L. Evans Jeremy Hall Brian Hebert Randell Henry Naja Isabelle Jessica D. Keys Nathaniel Landry Nathaniel A. Landry Jade Meyers Antoine “Ghost” Mitchell Mojo Wil Norwood Renée Noel Smith Jonathan Spland Eugene “Eda” Wade Lloyd G. Wade Richard Walls Joshua White Jazzlyn Whitfield Exhibition Checklist

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Happy Homecoming Distinguished Alumni Artists and Friends!

Southernites were created to create! It is a pleasure to greet you on behalf of the 50,000 plus alumni of the Southern University and A & M College System, the only historically black college and university system in the world. Your return to the bluff and participation in the 10 th Annual Art Exhibition, which features some of our most talented alumnus is truly appreciated. The “Alumni IV” exhibition and Homecoming Week are great opportunities to reunite with old friends, meet new ones, view great art, gain insight on university happenings and most importantly recommit to helping our beloved Southern University succeed.

The Alumni Federation, led by our newly elected President, Ms. LaQuitta Thomas and Homecoming Committee have been working tirelessly to provide you with a very special and unique experience with the Alumni IV exhibition being a critical and creative component of this week. The 27 artists who share their work represent generations of passion, power and possibility placed in art form. They are another example of what makes our beloved university so special. It is truly a great time to be back on the bluff!

In closing, I want to personally thank and praise the leadership of Dean Cynthia Bryant, Gallery Director Robert Cox, and the entire College of Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies for their continuous support of our alumni base. Thanks also to our other alumni, students, supporters and friends for caring enough to attend and remain connected to us. Your love for Southern is evident, and you are the reason our beloved university has survived and thrived on the Bluff for over 103 years. Let us all use this time to renew our commitment to our beloved institution. We cannot achieve true success without your support, leadership, service, and love. Please stay engaged, stay united, stay proactive and stay positive as we work together in making our great University System all that it can be. Remember our motto: Excellence Defines Us. Pride Sustains Us. Tradition Guides Us. WE ARE SOUTHERN! Yours in Excellence, Pride, and Tradition,

Derrick V. Warren, SU ‘82 Executive Director SUS Alumni Federation and Alumni Affairs email: derrick_warren@sus.edu Alumni Office: +1 (225) 771-4200

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College of Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies

Dear Southern University Alumni, On behalf of the College of Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies, I take great pleasure in welcoming you, your families, and your friends to the 10th Annual Homecoming Art Exhibition.

This year’s exhibit is entitled SU Visual Arts Alumni IV. It is the fourth homecoming art exhibition to highlight the talents of visual arts alumni. As always, the extraordinary faculty of the Visual Arts program have worked with diligence and grace to ensure that our forthcoming celebration provides a moving feast for the mind, body, and spirit.

Our guest curator is Kirsten “kaycee” Campbell, who is a spring 2018 graduate in Southern University’s Bachelor’s of Interdisciplinary Studies program. Ms. Campbell has participated in other Southern University exhibitions and she recently won 2nd place in the spring 2018 Student Invitational Exhibition. Please join us as we celebrate her artistic vision and congratulate her on her recent acceptance to graduate study in Louisiana State University’s Art History program. As you can imagine, we are extremely proud of Ms. Campbell and we invite you to help us properly acknowledge the accomplishments of a fellow artist and SU alumna. Please join us.

With warmest regards, Cynthia Downing Bryant, Ph.D.

Dean, College of Humanities and Interdisciplinary Studies Southern University and A&M College 408 Rodney G. Higgins Hall P.O. Box 9571 Baton Rouge, LA 70813 225-771-3631 (Office) cynthia_bryant@subr.edu

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Department of Visual And Performing Arts

Dear Southern University Alumni,

As part of the university ‘s 2018 Homecoming Celebrations I would like to state, on behalf of the Department of Visual and Performing Arts and Southern University A&M College that we are delighted to welcome all our alumni.

This year’s exhibition is a very special one because it marks the 10th Annual Homecoming Art Exhibition and SU Visual Arts Alumni IV. The Visual Arts Program is very proud of all our alumni that have come near and far to commemorate and participate in this special exhibition. There will be various visual interpretations of artworks that will certainly capture the viewer’s attention and initiate great conversation.

The world of visual resources is endless. Consider the amazing accumulation of visual material emerging from computers, social and digital media, lasers, and holographs, all as potential inspiration for our design awareness. This new imagery has had a profound effect on how students perceive the environment and the radical change in the methodology of teaching and communication.

In this new millennium as a people, we must not forget the important role African and African American contributions play in the development of western art.

Again, I welcome you all to this year’s homecoming celebration and the Jaguar Nation!!!

Sincerely,

Addie Dawson-Euba, Professor/Program Leader Community Coffee/Frank Hayden Memorial Endowed Professor Department of Visual and Performing Arts Hayden Hall, Office #28 Southern University A&M College Baton Rouge, LA 70813 Office#225-771-4108 Fax# 225-771-4082

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Robert Cox Gallery Director

Photo: Nathaniel A. Landry

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Department of Visual And Performing Arts

Dear Visual Arts Alumni Artists: It is with great pride that I welcome you back to your alma mater.

I also welcome your family and friends, and the entire Jaguar family to Homecoming 2018.

This year marks the 10th Annual Homecoming Art Exhibition at Southern University. To celebrate this landmark year, as visual arts alumni you have been invited to participate in the fourth alumni exhibition – SU Visual Arts Alumni IV – organized as a part of Southern’s 2018 homecoming activities. Just as with the first Homecoming Exhibition, the “Gallery Grand Opening,” Visual Arts Students Exhibition in 2009, I wanted the tenth to be special.

For the Alumni IV exhibition, I have extended the invitation to participate to those who studied art with us, but did not complete their degree with us, and to the graduates of those students that participated in the Campus Wide Student Invitational Art Exhibitions. Making this year undoubtedly an extended Family Reunion. To extend the family of participants was inspired by Alumni Affairs Executive Director Derrick V. Warren. On many occasions, I have heard him say, Anyone who got pass registration is a Southern University Alumnus.

As participating artists, you have an opportunity to reunite with fellow artists and classmates that you perhaps have not seen in years. Seven of you that participated in the first “Gallery Grand Opening” in 2009 as students are now participating in the tenth as alumnus. Karin B. Dorsey, Jonavan Devold, Jeremy Hall, Mornear Mark (Mojo), Jade Meyers, Jonathan Spland, and Jazzlyn Whitfield, it is exciting to have all of you back together in the gallery after ten years. You should be able to witness how each of you have matured as artists since 2009.

Additionally, you are now exhibiting with alumnus Lloyd G. Wade, who served as your Exhibition Juror.

Visual Arts Alumni, you have remained committed to your craft. The range of your skill, your incomparable creativity as expressed in your artwork will leave an indelible imprint on those who witness your plethora of astonishing visual creations. As 27 artists with 46 works, your Alumni IV exhibition is the largest display of art by Southern trained artists on Southern’s campus since 2009 when there were 29 student artists exhibiting 64 works.

I am proud of you as alumnus and your accomplishments. Particularly, those that I have taught during my tenure at Southern. To witness your growth as artists, educators, professionals, and men and women is truly gratifying. Your artwork is undeniably among the best artwork produced by any artists.

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Special to the Alumni IV exhibition, I invited Kirsten”kayecee” Campbell to serve as guest curator for the exhibition. Kirsten recently graduated from Southern in spring 2018, and she is now a first year graduate student in art history at Louisiana State University. I first met Kirsten as a student in my African American art class. She was an Interdisciplinary Studies major who was an artist and had an interest in art history and curating – the perfect combination of interest to afford her this opportunity. Moreover, as an artist she was one of the students that participated in the Invitational Student Art Exhibitions. With her interest in art history, I also invited her to write an essay about the ten years of Homecoming Art Exhibitions. Her A History of Homecoming Art Exhibitions at Southern University essay is included in this catalog. She is poised to carry the torch and walk in the footsteps of notable African American great artists/art historians, such as the pioneers James A. Porter, Samella Lewis, and David C. Driskell.

I am excited about the online edition of the catalogue. In this age of digital technology, it enables us to reach a much broader audience. The digital catalog exposes visual art at Southern University to an audience far beyond the halls of the academy. The printed catalog is constrained by budget, and is limited in its distribution. However, the printed version makes for a cherished collectible.

Visual Arts Alumni Artists, I hope you are immensely pleased with the effort put into the presentation and documentation of your masterful artworks for the 2018 Southern University Homecoming Celebration!

I once again welcome you, thank you, and wish you continued success with your art careers.

You are visual arts stewards for “The Great Southern University.”

Sincerely,

Robert Cox Associate Professor and Gallery Director, Visual Arts Department of Visual and Performing Arts Southern University and A&M College 22A Frank Hayden Hall P.O. Box 10215 Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70813 Email: robert_cox@subr.edu Office: 225-771-4103 Fax: 225-771-4082

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Acknowledgements Curating my first exhibition at my beloved Southern University has brought me more joy that I could ever express. I always imagined what the first exhibition I would curate would be, and I never thought that it would be in the same gallery that I exhibited in as a student. This exhibition is especially significant because it is the tenth Annual Homecoming Art Exhibition, and I am honored to have been apart of sowing a legacy that it so important to me. To begin with, I would like to thank Gallery Director, Professor Robert Cox for affording me this opportunity. I remember the day you asked me if I would be interested. Truthfully, I was hesitant and scared to say yes because I did not think that I would be able to do this, but I soon realized that I was a natural. I am grateful that you believed in me enough to let me temporarily fill your shoes. Next, I would like to thank all of the participating artists. None of you knew me initially, but I appreciate how welcoming and receptive of me you were. It meant so much to me that all of you entrusted me with your artwork and supported me as your guest curator. I would also like to thank Nathaniel A. Landry, a fellow alumni, included in the exhibition, and his former middle school art student, Dallas Cage who is now a senior at Zachary High and a participant in the Windows to the World Job Shadowing Project for assisting myself and Professor Cox with installing the exhibition. I appreciate it immensely. Additionally, I would like to thank Associate Professor of English at Southern University, Dr. Cynthia DeMarcus Manson for graciously acting as editor for the essay I wrote chronicling the history of Southern University Homecoming Art Exhibitions. Last but not least, I would like to thank my family, especially my mother, Mamie Campbell and my boyfriend, Christopher Helm for being my support system through all of this. There were days when it was hard balancing curating this exhibition, working, and being a student, but you two kept me focused, encouraged, and motivated through it all. Curating this exhibition has been a dream come Kirsten “kayecee” Campbell true, and I cannot wait to use the knowledge and experiences I have gained in the museum world in the future.

Guest Curator

Kirsten “kayecee” Campbell Guest Curator

Photo: Wil Norwood

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A History of Homecoming Art Exhibitions at Southern University

Homecoming has always been a celebration at Southern University at Baton Rouge. However, it was not until 2009 that art was included in that celebration. Nearly twenty years earlier as a part of the vision to have a professional exhibition space in Frank Hayden Hall, classrooms once used to teach were transformed into a place where artists could now showcase art to the university community. Dr. Rebecca T. Cureau, who was chair of the art department at the time, put the wheels in motion to bring the vision to fruition.

The original gallery had carpet on the floors and walls. By 2003, the Visual Arts faculty believed it was time for a transformation. Under the leadership of Professor Addie Dawson-Euba, Title III funding was secured, and The Visual Arts Gallery was on track for updating. Due to unforeseen circumstances, the gallery remained closed for longer than expected.

Finally, after six years, it reopened. The gallery currently has a more modern look with glass doors, hardwood floors, track lighting, and floor to ceiling white walls.

The first exhibition organized to inaugurate the newly renovated gallery was for Homecoming 2009. For some, the opening was a reopening, but for the Visual Arts majors it was a “Grand Opening.” It would be their first time exhibiting in the new art gallery in the department. Professor Robert Cox, the gallery director--and the curator of this inaugural exhibit-believed the first showing in the gallery should “be grand and have an impact.” Also, his idea was to highlight the art students.

Consequently, he pushed for the first exhibition in the new gallery to be by art students and to occur during homecoming week. Professor Cox brought the idea of having an art exhibition to the homecoming committee, whose members fully agreed to add it to the 2009 list of homecoming activities. The opening night’s success led to these exhibitions becoming a part of Southern University’s annual homecoming celebration.

On Monday, October 12, 2009, the night of the opening was more than grand, and it did have an impact on the art department’s renown. In fact, Professor Cox states that in his experiences with art exhibition opening nights, this particular student exhibition had the most successful opening night that he has ever seen. Hayden Hall was filled with people coming to support the arts. People were shoulder to shoulder and lined up to get a chance to see the way these artists would welcome The Visual Arts Gallery back on campus. The Chancellor, Dr. Kofi Lomotey, cut the ribbon and dedicated the gallery to open it officially.

The gallery reopening was made even more special because the art history mural, which sits between the glass doors of the gallery, was unveiled. There were screams and shrieks at the sight of this beautiful masterpiece. The mural was painted by twin art majors Shenell and Shontrell Johnson from New Orleans. For their design, they incorporated what they learned in Professor Cox’s art history courses. The concept for the mural was to reflect a variety of aesthetics expressed in art from different periods and cultures. The Johnson twins worked countless hours, nights and weekends to ensure the mural was ready for opening night. The twin artists not only received immense praise for their captivating design, but also received senior project credit for their dedicated hard work.

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The “Grand Opening” was not only a celebration of the art students, but a celebration of the arts overall. The program for the “Grand Opening” consisted of a theatrical skit by students in Dr. Ava Brewster-Turner’s acting class; a duet sung by Eboné Etienne (a student in the exhibit) and Leon McManus (an art alum); a spoken word performance by current and former art students Travis Pickett, Rodrick Minor and Antoine Mitchell; and a comedy set by Howard Hall. During the night, five Best of Show winners were chosen. The winners were Brian Cain in first place, Christopher Russell in second place, Ethan Tran in third place, Shenell Johnson as first honorable mention, and Heather Holliday as second honorable mention.

Truthfully, all of the artists were winners because the opening night could not have turned out the way that it did without their artistic contributions.

The 2009 winners and several of the other artists had the chance to be interviewed by a professional for the first time. Their interviews, along with photos of Chris Russell’s winning work, were featured in a full color/full page article written by Robin Miller in The [Baton Rouge] Advocate. The article put the spotlight on the exhibiting art students, and the art department. The local Channel 9 News also came out and shot footage of the gallery opening which was featured on that evening’s news. The televised broadcast showcased the department to an even larger audience. Adding to the prestige of the event, Lloyd G. Wade, an art alumnus and multi-dimensional artist, was the guest juror. Wade finished his Bachelor of Arts degree at Southern University in 2000, and he went on to receive a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Art Institute of Chicago. Wade is currently a certified high school art teacher in Houston, Texas.

The winners chosen by Wade were invited to the nation’s capital to be congratulated by U.S. Senator Mary Landrieu and U.S. House Representative Bill Cassidy. While in Washington, D.C., the students explored Howard University’s art department and gallery and several national art museums. This was only the beginning of the department getting recognition on and off campus. A few months later, the Southern University student-produced Ego Magazine dedicated a full issue (March 2010) to the student artists and the art department. It featured an article on the “Grand Opening,” as well other contributions and achievements in the art department. The art history gallery mural that was unveiled during the opening night was on the cover of the Ego. Darrius Harrison, who was editor at the time, made the editorial decision to feature what was going on at Southern University in regard to the Visual Arts. His decision helped to give the art students and department broader visibility by giving them a voice and allowing those unaware of their contributions the opportunity to realize that they existed.

In that same art-focused issue of Ego, an article written by Erica S. Johnson gave one of the students who participated in the 2009 Homecoming exhibition, Jazzlyn Whitfield, and another alumnus, Jamal Tyson, credit for being the artists behind the beautiful jaguar sculptures that are located on campus. This was the first time that the former students were publicly acknowledged for the two sculptures they painted. The sculptures can be found on the mound at the entrance to the university and outside of the John B. Cade library on campus. They both were unveiled in the spring of 2009. Even though Southern University has not had a live mascot since the passing of the last one, these art students understood that the symbolism and representation of a mascot is just as important as the physical presence of one. In her article Erica S. Johnson remarked that “the art department is possibly one of the most overlooked departments on Southern University’s campus.”

Yet, Ego Magazine’s art issue revealed the department’s integral role in Southern’s culture and identity.

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Contrasting with the 2009 exhibit’s focus on current art students, the 2010 Homecoming exhibit showcased alumni from the art department for the first time. During the exhibition, the gallery walls held art from 50 years of art graduates, from the class of 1960 through the class of 2010. The 23 artists who participated not only brought their art with them to their alma mater, but they brought history and significant accomplishments. Morris “Taft” Thomas (class of 1960) is a nationally recognized metal sculptor whose work reflects his African and Louisianan roots. Thomas studied under sculptor Frank Hayden. Thomas is also a poet, author, and educator. Artwork by Ed Barnes (class of 1960) has been featured in numerous exhibitions throughout the Southwest. His website states his works “are not necessarily placid; often they reveal deep intellectual viewpoints on social conditions, but they also reveal deep religious convictions and a feeling that the artist has come to terms with himself, his fellow men and nature.” Barnes is locally known for his gallery where he provided custom framing.

The creations of another of the participating alumni artists, Eugene “Eda” Wade (class of 1964), center around the African and African American experience. Wade was instrumental in the Black Arts Movement of the 60s. He continues the philosophy of that movement today. As a well-known muralist, he has done numerous murals primarily in Chicago, such as the mural on the doors at Malcolm X College. Locally, he has painted murals in the Scotlandville Community near the Southern University campus. Wade is currently a full-time instructor at Southern University where he teaches the course “Understanding the Visual Arts.” In the past, Wade has also taught sculpture at the university. While at Southern University, Charles “Chuck” Siler (class of 1966) created political cartoons for the student newspaper, The Southern Digest, and he is still a political cartoonist. He was also a curator at the Louisiana State Museum, where he curated several major exhibitions until his recent retirement. Nathaniel Landry (class of 1973) and Nathaniel A. Landry (class of 2000), who are father and son artists, exhibited for the first time together in the 2010 alumni exhibition.

Nathaniel A. Landry is currently giving back to his alma mater through his teaching in the art department as a parttime instructor. Brian Hebert (class of 1997) shares that it was in Hayden Hall under Professor Cox’s tutelage that he began to learn curating, which prepared him for becoming the Arts Education Coordinator at the Southwest Art Center in Atlanta, Georgia. Rodrick Minor (class of 2008) designed the invitation for the 2010 exhibit. The invitation was so well received that it was printed as a poster and sold at the artist’s market at the opening reception. Minor has also given back to the department by designing the invitations for the 2011 and the 2013 Homecoming exhibits.

For Homecoming 2011, the art department held an exhibition that displayed the artwork of past and present faculty for the first time. In essence, the show celebrated educators who taught the student artists and alumni in the previous exhibitions. The exhibition included pieces by former Professor and prominent sculptor Frank Hayden, who was the first faculty member to be awarded the prestigious title of Distinguished Professor at Southern University. Hayden’s work was largely influenced by his religion, his heritage and his mentor, Croatian sculptor Ivan Mestrovic. The art department was renamed Frank Hayden Hall to honor Hayden and his legacy. Hayden’s work can be found throughout Baton Rouge and on Southern University’s campus. Hayden’s acclaimed sculpture, The Red Stick, sits on the area of the campus called “the Bluff,” which overlooks the Mississippi River. The sculpture commemorates a significant part of Baton Rouge’s story and how Baton Rouge received its name.

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Jean Paul Hubbard, former Professor and Chair, was also featured in the 2011 exhibition. Hubbard’s works can also be found on the campus, particularly in the library and in the art department. Three of his works in the Visual Arts conference room were donated by Mrs. Juanita Betz Peterson, a former university employee and patron of Hubbard. Former Professor and Chair Harold G. Cureau’s artworks were in the exhibition as well. Cureau’s artwork has been exhibited at several museums and colleges. Cureau was a member of many art organizations, including the Baton Rouge Gallery, and he authored many articles on Louisianan and African American artists. The exhibition also included works from then-current faculty Addie Dawson-Euba, Robert Cox, Anne Bigger, and Randell Henry. As a former Southern student himself, Professor Henry had a special relationship with the other “past” faculty in the exhibit. The next exhibitions would honor notable African American art organizations and groups, and continue to showcase art alumni.

Southern University’s Student Government Association sponsored the 2012 Homecoming exhibition featuring artwork from the New Orleans chapter of the National Conference of Artists (NONCA) which was celebrating its 21st anniversary as a chapter that year. Twelve member-artists from the chapter participated in the exhibition. The chapter President, Charlie Johnson, and the Vice President, Shelia Phipps, exhibited as well. At the time of the 2012 exhibition, Johnson had served as the president of NONCA for nearly 19 years. Furthermore, for all those years, he had been a model leader not only for those within NONCA, but also within the larger arts community. Margaret T. Burroughs (1917 - 2010) and Dr. Eddie T. “Jack” Jordan, Sr. (1925 - 1999), NCA founders, had works featured in the exhibition to honor their commitment and contributions. In 1959, the National Conference of Artists (NCA) was founded by Margaret T. Burroughs in conjunction with other artists at Atlanta University, which is now Clark Atlanta University, in Atlanta, Georgia. Burroughs was born in St. Rose, Louisiana. She was not only a visual artist, but a poet and educator as well. Burroughs is most known for the many organizations she founded, particularly the DuSable Museum in Chicago, one of the first museums dedicated to African American culture in the United States. In 1991, the NCA created a chapter in New Orleans in part because of native New Orleanian Dr. Eddie “Jack” Jordan, Sr., founder of the art department at Southern University at New Orleans (SUNO). Jordan was a highly respected multi-talented artist. In 2012, while Southern University in Baton Rouge held its homecoming exhibition, the New Orleans NCA chapter was celebrating 21 years of working to “preserve, promote, and develop African American culture and the creative forces of artists that emanate from the African World Experience,” which is a significant part of their mission statement. The National Conference of Artists has the distinct honor of being the oldest African American visual arts advocacy organization in the United States.

The 2013 Homecoming art exhibition, Alumni II, featured art from alumni that spanned several decades. There were some returning artists from the first alumni exhibition, but there also were artists participating in the alumni exhibition for the first time. Some of the exhibiting artists are currently arts educators and/or creating art for a living. The participating alums came from different states, and various cities throughout Louisiana to be a part of the exhibition.

In the fall of 2014, Southern was the host of a juried exhibition and conference by The National Alliance of Artists from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (NAAHBCU). Visual Arts Professor Addie Dawson-Euba organized the conference and exhibition. The NAAHBCU was formed in 1999 at Morris Brown College in Atlanta, Georgia “to bring art and art education to the forefront of member 12

institutions and to keep these programs as institutional priorities for generations to come.” The exhibition ran from August 27th to October 30th and included artists from 24 HBCUs. It was originally planned to be much shorter in duration, but NAAHBCU accepted the request to extend the exhibition so that it would run through the 2014 Homecoming.

Moreover, the conference and exhibition coincided with Southern University’s celebration of its centennial. In the catalog for the exhibition, Professor Euba states, “The arts to Historically Black Colleges and Universities have always been a resource.

As a people, we have enlightened the world that the arts are an interdisciplinary process of building knowledge.” Specifically, the faculty in the Visual Arts department have done their part to prepare students to function at the highest level of artistic professionalism.

The Alumni III exhibition occurred during Homecoming 2015. Participants Nathaniel A. Landry, Jonathan Spland, and Jade Meyers assisted Professor Cox with installing the exhibition, and Professor Addie Dawson-Euba designed the invitation. This exhibition, like the previous one, featured work by art alumni from around the country. As art alums became aware of the exhibitions, it led to new artists participating. All three alumni exhibitions have revealed the exceptional talent of the art alumni from the Visual Arts department at Southern University.

The 8th Homecoming Art Exhibition occurred in 2016, and it showcased artwork from members of the Roosevelt Daniel Art Guild (RDAG), based in Shreveport, Louisiana. The RDAG was named for Roosevelt Daniel, who was an exemplary artist from New Orleans, an alumnus of Southern University at Baton Rouge (SUBR), and a Professor and the founding Chair of the Fine Arts Program at Southern University at Shreveport (SUSLA). Mrs. Roosevelt Daniel graciously lent her late husband’s painting Sunday Service to be exhibited alongside art by his students. During Daniel’s matriculation at SUBR, he was a student of Professor Jean Paul Hubbard. The RDAG members have emphasized that Professor Daniel “desired to bring artists within the community together to promote their continued work in drawing.” By doing this, Professor Daniel hoped that artists would essentially grow in their art. In other words, he aimed to ensure that these artists were constantly evolving and constantly creating. Artists in the RDAG first began meeting somewhat informally; however, the group was formally instituted after Daniel’s passing. To further honor Professor Daniel’s legacy, the Rev. Claude White, Sr., President of the RDAG, painted a portrait of Daniel which was featured in the exhibition and used on the invitation. The Rev. White stated about his mentor: “Let it be known that Mr. Daniel was probably the greatest artist in the state of Louisiana because he was a true artist. By that I mean he was not simply a man who taught art, but he was an artist who knew how to teach art and to engage those who truly sought an education in art or any other subject.” There are several members of the RDAG who are alumni of either SUSLA or SUBR. The 9th Annual Homecoming Art Exhibition in 2017, which was titled The Next Generation of FIYAH!, was sponsored by the Southern University Alumni Federation and Southern University Alumni Affairs. It featured seven young “next generation” artists from Southern Louisiana. The Guest Curator for this exhibition was Jade Meyers, an art alumna from the class of 2013. Meyers’ class was the second to last from the Visual Arts department to graduate with the degree in art. The art degree was discontinued in 2014, but is now on the path of being reinstated. Nonetheless, students can still minor in art. In a Southern Digest article on the exhibit, written by Jacqueline Morgan, Meyers expressed that she “sought after skillful, original, and aesthetically pleasing works of art through different mediums.”

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The 2017 exhibition was Meyers’ first experience with curating (putting together an exhibition). While she was a student at Southern University, Meyers would help Professor Cox in the gallery, and continued to assist after graduating. She had developed an interest in curating, so Professor Cox felt it was now time to afford Meyers the opportunity to curate her own exhibition. This opportunity led to Meyers being the first Southern University art student to curate an exhibition in The Visual Arts Gallery at SUBR. Although one of Meyers’ chosen artists, Adam Vo, a photographer, was a student at Southern, Vo was not chosen because of his ties to Southern University, but because he is active in the Southern Louisiana art scene.

TySolo, a recent high school graduate, was notable as the youngest artist of the group, included in an exhibition with more seasoned artists. Similarly, when Meyers was a freshman, she participated in the 2009 “Grand Opening” art exhibition at Southern. In fact, she was the only freshman artist to exhibit. One of Meyers’ more recent artistic achievements is being chosen to design a mural for Chevrolet at the 2016 Essence Street Style Block Party in Brooklyn, New York. With her FIYAH! exhibit, Meyers hoped to “intrigue the mind and spirit of people through the artwork of the seven exhibiting artists.” Adam Vo, Bryan Brown, Kara Mariee, Taylor S. Hunter, Kristen Downing, Amira Maxwell, and TySolo fully embodied Meyers’ hope for the exhibition.

As we approach the Tenth Annual Homecoming Art Exhibition in 2018, which will be the fourth alumni exhibition, we must continue to reflect on the significance of art at Southern and art as a whole. Each show, no matter who exhibited, displayed the artistic greatness of those who matriculated at Southern University, taught at Southern University, or felt some inclination to ensure that the arts were deemed important at Southern University. Many of the artists who have exhibited for homecoming over the prior nine years share a connection to Southern University and/or the state of Louisiana. Some of the artists were born in Baton Rouge; some lived here, and some received their education at SUBR. Therefore, it is not only the Southern University community that should be proud of these artists, but this state as well. Even though the art department is still standing and thriving after years of being under-recognized, we must continue to emphasize its importance in Southern University’s rich cultural history and narrative. If not, we will fail to give the proper and well-deserved recognition to those individuals who keep Southern University’s culture and identity alive — ITS ARTISTS!

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Quaja Bell

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Quaja Bell Quaja Bell is a multi-layered instructor covering both the traditional arts & ceramics; with her emphasis being clay. Teaching in the community for 12 years, she has worked with organizations both in and around East Baton Rouge Parish.

She is currently teaching for McKinley Middle Magnet & LSU Leisure Courses.

Quaja has a passion for exposure of community art by people of all abilities & talents. She spends her ‘free’ time with her 2 teenagers, husband of 19 years & 1 million giggles and puppy CoCo. As an artist she feels obligated to share with the community her knowledge of art.

Teaching is how she helps her students understand the importance and relevance of the arts.

Questioning our connectivity to one another and to our handheld devices; ask yourself, what does technology do to our interpersonal relations? What does it do to our perception of our world? Of ourselves? Of those around us? With the onslaught of newer and more advanced technology each day, what, or who, are we becoming as a society?

There are many hidden clues to the figures’ “otherness”....start the dialogue.

The posture of the sculptures imply reverence to the devices society has come to rely on. The individual colors represent our assumption of perceived identity in society. Neither the amputee, the full figured male, nor the androgynous centerpiece are traditionally depicted in artistic sculptural representations. The mirrored faces reflect how we have come to see ourselves in our devices, which hold our memories, hopes, beliefs, and trust.

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Krystal Blackwell

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Krystal Blackwell Krystal Blackwell was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. As a child, she often entertained herself by doodling, making comic strips or cards for her loved ones.

Krystal’s mother, took notice of her interest in art and made art supplies available to her at all times. She also enrolled her in art classes and arts focused magnet schools.

She was voted Top Art Student 2004 and had the highest rated senior project display. She passed up recommendations from her art teachers in high school and decided to pursue teaching. In the fall of 2004, Krystal enrolled in Southern University as an Elementary Education major but switched to Visual Arts a couple of years later. After a short break from school, Krystal discovered her medium of choice, graphite. She went on to graduate in 2012 with a Bachelor’s in Visual Arts.

After graduation, Krystal continued working with her passion. She went on to display in several art exhibitions in the Baton Rouge area. Prior, she was in the 2012 Student Art Exhibition at Southern University, where she exhibited her “surVIVor Die” series of graphite drawings depicting real life taboo issues such as domestic violence and rape. She presented this series in front of hundreds of visitors. Krystal Blackwell currently resides in Baton Rouge and is still working on perfecting her craft. She continues to work on commissions and explore other mediums such as, acrylic and watercolor.

I have always said, “My artwork is my voice and the key to my sanity. It is much more than a pretty picture.” This remained true following the Great Flood of 2016. After being stripped away from the one thing that always kept me sane, I fell into a depression.

Finally, almost two years and a near nervous breakdown later, I was recently able to reconnect with art in the same way I did before, but with different mediums. Determined to beat depression the only way I know how, I picked up my paint brushes. While painting isn’t my first choice of creating, I definitely have taken a liking to the use of color and the quick turnaround. It also gives me the ability to create something so simple but still bold enough to catch one’s eye. Using metallic paints and iridescent medium became quite exciting to me as well. I find that they gave the paintings a little lagniappe. I also explored watercolor and colored pencils. I like this new path I’m on and I believe the imagery I chose shows a connection to nature and the things that surround us. I can even appreciate the connection to my spirituality being depicted as well.

When I look at the paintings I’ve completed in such a short period of time, I find pride in not only being able to say I’ve completed so many but that I beat my depression a little bit more with each of those paintings. I look forward to continuing to paint with acrylics and watercolors as well as returning to graphite in the near future. I hope that each viewer can see the pieces of me in each painting and understand that for myself, this is more than producing a pretty picture. This is what saves me time and time again and helps me find my peace. My artwork is my voice and the key to my sanity.

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Llewellyn Bradford

Boat Ride Down the River

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Llewellyn Bradford Llewellyn Bradford’s love for the art came in stages. First, it was drawing which then turned into free hand clay exposure. In the following years, he developed a love for painting. Bradford enrolled at Southern in 2001 to fulfill my dream of studying art on the college level and networking with other creative people. I have now completely fallen in love with the creative process.

Since then, Bradford’s work has been exhibited on campus and throughout the community. The responses he receives on his work continue to motivate and inspire him to excel, and to reach the highest level of artistic expression that I am capable of reaching.

As an artist, I enjoy the usage of color. It enables me to express myself and my difference moods. I enjoy showing my feelings, such as: happiness, sadness, anger, and even hope, in my paintings. I feel that with color, paintbrushes, and palette knives, I can speak without words; colors convey mood, brush strokes and a palette knife convey energy and movement. They communicate for me in my absence, and in my presence. For me art is my language.

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Jeanne’ Brown

Blue Flower Petals Motif

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Jeanne’ Brown Jeanne’ Brown has worked on her art skills since she was 3 ½ years old. Her talent is a gift from God. She enhanced her skills while studying at Southern University A&M College. Ms. Brown’s favorite mediums are acrylic, gouache, graphite, charcoal and pastel. She is presently working on different designs of motif patterns placing them on paper. People are very pleased with her work because her ideas express so much action in her pictures.

My purpose for creating vivid paintings can express my various moods. The brilliant color displayed on paper reveals an inner light, happiness, and peace. My imagination is used to express various scenes.

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Kirsten “kayecee” Campbell

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Kirsten “kayecee” Campbell Kirsten “kayecee” Campbell was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. In 2013, after years of being an artist leisurely, she decided to pursue the professional route. As a result, her business, Creations by Kayecee, came into existence. Kirsten is a 2015 graduate of Baton Rouge Community College’s Liberal Arts program and a 2018 graduate of Southern University’s Interdisciplinary Studies program.

She recently started her matriculation at Louisiana State University where she is pursuing a Master’s in Art History. While at Southern University, she participated in the annual invitational student exhibition each year she was a student there. In those exhibitions, she has placed twice. The most recent being the 2018 student show where she was awarded 2nd place for one of her paintings. In September 2017, she was selected to be a member of the Mid City Makers Market in Baton Rouge.

She was recently apart of The Reflection of The Green Leaf Project, which is a local exhibition dedicated to bringing awareness to mental health. Kirsten considers herself an abstract intuitive painter, meaning her intuition is the vehicle that brings her paintings into fruition. She is influenced by the artistic styles of expressionism, impressionism, and color field painting. More specifically, she states that her inspiration is her artistic ancestors, African and African American abstract artists. Her paintings are reflective of her love of nature and her affinity towards exploring the range of human emotions. Outside of painting, Kirsten is also a science fiction writer, a poet, and a nature photographer. creationsbykayecee@gmail.com Instagram – creationsbykayecee Facebook – Creations By Kayecee www.creationsbykayecee.com In my opinion, art should always be an emotional experience; I believe art should take the viewer on an emotional journey.

That is why when I create, I aim to make people feel. I want them to feel so deeply that my art lingers in their soul and their psyche moments after they have come upon it. I want them to face and feel their emotions. I want them to walk away from my art feeling as if they have a newfound sense of their emotional self.

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Jonavan Devold

Bed of Sunflowers

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Jonavan Devold A native of New Roads, Louisiana, Jonavan describes himself as a shy, nerdy kid with a budding interest for the arts. Raised by two loving parents in a devoutly focused family, you could always find him drawing the latest cartoons or doodling in a notebook. After graduating from Pointe Coupee Central High, he attended Southern University where he initially majored in architecture. Although a career in architecture seemed so promising, he changed his major after taking a few drawing classes. Southern University’s Department of Visual Arts challenged him and cultivated his passion for art. Through the Department of Visual Arts, he was introduced to different techniques in painting, sculpture, and computer graphics.

Jonaven’s work has been shown in art shows and exhibits throughout Louisiana.

Some would believe that art requires talent, but I believe it is a skill. Skills are something that can be taught, and developed over a certain amount of time. In order to be successful in anything, it takes time on task, practice, and the will to pursue it.

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Karin B. Dorsey

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Karin B. Dorsey I am Karin B. Dorsey. I am 30 years of age, and a graduate from Southeastern Louisiana University in Hammond, Louisiana. I majored in art, with a concentration in New Media and Animation. I am a resident of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and a former art student at Southern University.

I have 20+ years of experience in art, including painting, printmaking, sculpture and drawing. I have 5+ years of experience in all Adobe products, 2+ years of experience in photography and videography and have an amazing sense of design and love for animation. My Digital Online Portfolio can be viewed at karindorsey. crevado.com.

In addition, a few of my Krafty Karebear animations can be viewed on YouTube.

A link to my YouTube channel is connected directly through my online portfolio as well. I have 10+ years in the customer service/call center field. I absolutely love meeting new people. Art is not a hobby for me it is truly my Passion!

Him is a body of work that focuses on the role of a black male in a family. Throughout my paintings, this theme is expressed as I focus on the experiences that one young black female goes through in her early childhood and throughout her adult life. Although the painting is only part of a large story that I intend on sharing, it is the focal point to the very tragic love story between the two.

His T-Shirt, one of the works in the Him Series, is a still shot of a pregnant adult female, after her boyfriend, that she has recently reunited with, is murdered by police. She grips a hold of one of his old t-shirts, as she kneels in her bed, staring out of a window in her bedroom, grieving over his murder and absence. The light that shines down on her from outside of the window is there to signify God’s presence and the sense that he will be there not only at good times but also at her weakest point. A clock is in place to signify that time is still passing on, only without the love of her life. The butterflies and flower are there to represent the new life that is growing inside of her and also the transition to a new life that she will have to endure from this day forward.

His T-Shirt, uses acrylic paint, human hair, paper mache, nails, cloth, feathers, faux flowers, glue, jewelry and more. I wanted the painting to look realistic and almost 3d in appearance, yet still have some 2D characteristics.

I feel as if the ideal context for my artwork would be in an art gallery. I believe it will be a great setting to spark a conversation about the cycle of the broken family. The role that a black male plays in a family. Once the Him Series is completed, people will be able to discuss some of their own personal experiences, and be able to listen to and discuss other people’s personal experiences that they may have gone through. The discussions can possibly help inspire young people experiencing some of the same issues and help them avoid feeling alienated for being a part of a broken family.

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Kimberly Duhon

What Happened to Hip Hop?

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Kimberly Duhon Born in Baton Rouge, Kimberly’s passion for the fine arts started when she attended Scotlandville Magnet High. At Scotlandville, Kimberly studied with Ms. Coco, who motivated her to pursue art by encouraging and supporting her student art exhibits throughout her high school years. Once she started her collegiate career at Southern, she was able to perfect her craft by learning different techniques and skills with various mediums and work with world-class professors. Currently, Duhon is practicing as a freelance illustrator. She is an up incoming artist of Baton Rouge and a proud member of Inspire Art Association.

Growing up in the Hip Hop era, Hip Hop has influenced me and my generation in both positive and negative ways. Although, in the beginning when Hip Hop music originated, I believe its intentions were to motivate and elevate its culture. However, I believe throughout the years and decades of Hip Hop being used as a programming tool to break a culture down to its’ essence has gone missing. Which lead me to ask the question. What Happened to Hip Hop? In this piece I wanted to convey the illusion of Hip Hop dying by using three iconic figures that I believe represents Hip Hop in its prime. This piece shows a bullet going through Hip Hop and in turn, Hip Hop is being destroyed slowly.

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Terrell L. Evans

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Terrell L. Evans Terrell L. Evans grew up in East Baton Rouge Parish as the youngest of 11 children in a devoutly focused family with hard-working parents. His older brother, Marlon, whom is currently an artist, originally inspired his love and passion for art. Marlon taught the young Evans the skill of drawing. While at Southern University, Terrell was a semi-finalist in a HBCU art competition held in New York City in 2003.

Presently, he is an art instructor at Michael’s Arts and Crafts store and continuously does commission work.

As an artist I love to create powerful images that can shape the universe. The world needs to be re-shaped through harmony and peace. Over the years, I have learned different techniques to bring my art to a different level. I have learned pastel, conte crayon and prismacolors.

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Jeremy Hall

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Jeremy Hall Jeremy Hall is a contemporary artist who lives and works in Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

A native of Monroe, Louisiana, he began his artistic path at the age of nine in the Talented Arts Program at Minnie Ruffin Elementary School. As a child, Jeremy received prizes for his innate talent, participating and placing in the Masur Museum Academic Art Show in elementary, middle school, and high school. In the fall of 2007, Jeremy was accepted into the Visual Arts Program at Southern University and A&M College. It was there that his sense of precision and detail helped develop his style of realism. While attending Southern, his work was exhibited in Southern University’s Student Exhibitions where he placed for his charcoal drawing “King’s Coronation”. Upon leaving Southern, Jeremy went on to create DaVinci Graphics Studio, and to co-found Whiteout LLC. In 2014, Jeremy partnered with fellow Southern University Arts Program Alumni, Brittney Fisher to curate the inaugural Bayou Renaissance Art Show. He currently has work on exhibit in the LWMI Art Expo in Monroe, Louisiana. Jeremy continues to find a harmonious balance between visual arts and graphic design, while currently preparing for the next Bayou Renaissance.

In a world where many things appear to be out of our command, my work is embodied by my control. With deliberate strokes and precise lines, my authority is on full display. My artwork is an extension of myself. It reflects what I feel. It encapsulates what I see. Where words may fail, the art expresses. Art can touch us physically, has the ability to engage us mentally, it can evoke emotion, art grasps us spiritually…art transcends all boundaries.

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Brian Hebert

The Return of the Ghetto Bastard in Amerikka #2

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Brian Hebert Born and raised in Los Angeles, CA., Brian Hebert has always been an artist. Hebert received his Bachelor of Arts in Fine Art from Southern University in the spring of 1997. While at Southern, Brian was taught and mentored by a team of outstanding professors, Martin Payton, Addie Dawson-Euba, Van Chambers, Randell Henry, Jason Daniels, and Robert Cox that prepared him for a career as an artist. In 2001, he moved to Atlanta and started working at the Southwest Art Center as an Arts Program Specialist/Visual Arts. Currently, he acts as the Arts Education Coordinator in Visual Arts at Southwest Art Center, where he teaches classes in drawing and painting, experiment with art media, and the Teen Artists Academy.

While at the Southwest Art Center, Hebert has become involved in set design and scenic painting for some theatrical productions. Through organizing exhibits for the center, he has developed a reputation for some innovative and underground juried and invitational exhibitions, some incorporating a hip hop aesthetic.

“In my current series of paintings, The Return of the Ghetto Bastard… As Amerikkkan As, my work explores and expresses a sentiment of black male representation and ascension,” says Hebert. “My approach to a visual design through painting, preferably acrylic paint, is unique in itself. I combine visual imagery, written language expressed in one word, using stylized letters and various painting techniques to represent a concept inspired by musical compositions. My pieces are visual songs styled as a Visual Rhyme Translation. I like to consider myself as a pure rebel, a radical thinker on a visual level.”

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Randell Henry

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Randell Henry Randell Henry set his dreams of becoming an artist in sixth grade. He spent hours of his free time that he had in the school library studying art books; therefore, he discovered a whole world of Impressionism and Modern Art that had an impacting influence on him.

Currently, he is an associate professor and curator of the Southern University Visual Arts Gallery at Southern University. He has curated exhibitions by local, national and international artists, including exhibitions that featured works by Romare Bearden, Jacob Lawrence, Lois Mailou Jones, John Biggers, Elizabeth Catlett, Faith Ringgold, Willie Birch, William Tolliver and other major names in African American art.

Henry began making collages in 1980 by cutting and tearing his drawings and putting the pieces together in inventive ways. Like Romare Bearden, he began to add photographic pieces and bits and pieces of fabric and painted papers to make collages that played on themes related to family life, couples, blues and jazz music and mythological subjects. No longer using photographic images, Henry relies on paint, graphic media and his own painted papers, fabric and imagination to make his collages more invented. Like Bearden, he enjoys improvising as images and forms develop while watching the collage open up as he works.

Henry was recognized in November 2009 by Peter Falk, one of the country’s leading experts on American art, after Falk discovered his collages at an art dealer in Connecticut where he acquired twelve of the works and showed them in an exhibition at Summer House Art Gallery in downtown, Madison.

Works by Henry have been shown in exhibitions in Baton Rouge, New Orleans, Chicago, Houston, Miami, SCOPE in New York City, Dallas, Art Copenhagen in Denmark, The Makeshift Museum in Los Angeles, Ghana and Liberia. In May 2015 a large painting by Henry was included in the exhibition, “60 Americans” at Elga Wimmer Gallery on West 26 Street in New York City where lead New York Times art critic Roberta Smith chose it as her favorite work in the show.

Henry made a collage for the exhibition, “Inspired” that was held in 2016 at Stella Jones Gallery in New Orleans. This exhibition highlights well known artists across the U.S. who were inspired by famous masters of African American Art, with the works shown side by side in the gallery. He also made a collage for the 2018 Tricentennial Exhibition at the gallery in an exhibition that celebrated the 300th anniversary of the founding of New Orleans.

The African American Museum of Dallas held a 30-year retrospective of works by Henry in a nearly one year exhibition that closed in March 2018.

My approach to making collages involves the use of the improvisational method of playing with shapes, colors and patterns. I approach each work from an abstract format first, by making pure shapes and forms work together. By working on compositions in this manner, I enjoy surprising myself by finding hidden symbols, figures, faces and abstract patterns that I can find meanings.

When figurative forms appear, I try to develop those in relationship to the composition to make the work pleasing for one to look at again and again. At times in the creative process, this involves bringing order out of chaos.

With influences from abstract expressionism, cubism and art from African and Asian cultures, I am confident that as long as I am making connections with the formal elements of art, making a new collage will always be a joy because once I begin, I want to see where it will end. It is like a dream that gets exciting along the way. Many times, I can look at a collage months or years later and see forms or symbols that I never noticed before.

In my new collages I am exploring dreams through the use of textures and patterns. I find it to be more creative when I paint areas of color and patterns onto raw fabric that I can incorporate into the works in inventive ways to inspire imagery 38

Naja Isabelle

World Symphony

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Naja Isabelle Naja Isabelle born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Her philosophy is to live every day with the mindset that everything happens for a reason. She graduated at the top of my class in spring 2017 with a bachelor’s of science in Psychology.

Currently, she is a homeschool teacher, commissioned artist, and mother. Her hobbies include dancing, reading, spending time with my family, and enjoying the beauty of nature.

Everything upon the Earth is made of energy - words, actions, people, and things. The law of conservation of energy states that energy is never created nor destroyed only transferred.

Growing up I have always been different and would get teased and bullied, which eventually made me shy and shun my talents. But, my elders would always tell me, “if you don’t use it, you’ll lose it; we are given gifts and talents for a reason.”

Being older and comfortable with the way I was created, I want to maximize on the amount of energy I was meant to put out into the world. My artwork is a reflection of my soul at speak; my energy transpiring.

Since I am ongoing, I am unlimited when it comes to my potential. Being that I am unlimited, I can tend to be spontaneous, which is reflected in my art through the various styles and mediums I use. I aspire to transfer my artistic energy to others and inspire them to think and be the unlimited, ongoing, and energetic entity we were all created to be.

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Jessica D. Keyes

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Jessica D. Keyes Jessica D. Keyes is an artist, live painter, illustrator, sculptor, and digital artist. She is a senior Visual and Performing Arts major, who transferred from Southern University to Grambling State University to study digital art. Jessica is from Houma, Louisiana. Her work focuses on empowerment, often using vibrant colors to symbolize positive energy. That positive energy is used to capture the spirit and personality of others, and her own imagination. She describes her art as exploring the “infinite possibilities� of animated vibes. Keyes has exhibited in many art galleries, displaying her skills, throughout the state of Louisiana.

Golden, is a self-portrait, it is a blooming force of self-love as a black woman. There is a golden undertone in the flesh to represent warmth, as she is sun-dipped in bronze.

The headwrap represents an adorned crown of history. Red is the color of the blood, which men and women had shed for their redemption and liberty; black is the color of the noble and distinguished race to which we belong; green is the color of the luxuriant vegetation of our Motherland. The colors of the jewels on the necklace are not only chosen because of the beautiful design; but also, for their symbolic values.

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Nathaniel Landry

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Nathaniel Landry Nathaniel Landry is a native of New Orleans and a 1973 graduate of Southern University in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He studied under some of the best art instructors at Southern University; notably, John Paul Hubbard, Van Chambers, and Frank Hayden. Landry’s father, a seaman, played a strong role in his artistic background. He always looked forward to his father’s return from his many travels around the world, because that meant he would receive unusual and exotic gifts.

One particular trip from China produced some colorful Chinese silk prints that captured his attention and imagination. Landry enjoys fishing and communing with nature, and has an additional role of being “Papa” to his grandchildren Malik, Caleb, Noah, and MaKayla Marie. He is the father of Nathaniel A. J. Landry, Stephen, Tsega, and Jonathan Landry, and is a widower to the late Eleanor ThorntonLandry. Nathaniel has created many paintings and sculptures, and he has a sculpture housed at the Art Council of Baton Rouge.

Some things, which I do reflect the African Heritage. Such as certain lines and design concepts. Art is for all and is here for everyone to enjoy. I have never been one to label or categorize art. As for myself, I enjoy all works of art without feeling a compulsion to categorize them.

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Nathaniel A. Landry

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Nathaniel A. Landry Nathaniel A. Landry residing in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He is an Illustrator/ Painter/ Hip Hop emcee/ middle school art teacher/ adjunct instructor in art the Southern University. He holds a Bachelor’s of Art degree from Southern University in fine art, and a Master’s degree in Sequential Art from The Savannah College of Art and Design. Nathaniel has self-published two mini comics: “It’s Goin’ Down, Volume One” and “Bring The Pain Jermaine!” His first solo exhibition: “It’s Goin’ Down”, opened November 20, 2009 at Insomkneeacks in Baton Rouge. Throughout the years, he has participated in numerous art shows and has shown with his father, Nathaniel “Pops” Landry in various father/son art shows. Nathaniel is also working on a line of t-shirts, prints, and skateboards featuring his artwork and designs.

Instrumental in ushering the Baton Rouge underground Hip Hop scene in the 90’s and 2000’s with his Rap/Rock band TABU, Nathaniel is currently working with producer Robert Eames to release his first ever solo album as an independent artist under the name Alphonse Jo-Zeff.

I am an artistic samurai. Molded from the clay of God’s unique design, my thoughts and imagination travel the Intergalactic highways of the vast cosmos. Any tool that I use to create with is considered to be my “sword.” Each stroke is like a sword slash that gives birth to a new line, as my imagination spills forth onto any surface that can withstand my patient, meticulous, energetic, artistic fury. The underground fighting spirit of Hip Hop, the punk rebelliousness of Rock and Roll, Abstract Expressionism, Science Fiction, and Japanese Manga are my artistic roots. My journey as an artistic samurai is one of joy, frustration, and evolution. It is my responsibility to create and educate in the most imaginative fashion ushering in the next generation of bright young artists. Climbing to the mountaintop is a beautiful struggle, with God as my guide; I push forward overcoming life’s unexpected curveballs and challenges.

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Jade Meyers

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Jade Meyers Jade Meyers is a visual artist from New Orleans, Louisiana. Jade received a Bachelor of Arts degree in the fall of 2013 from Southern University and A&M, and then created her art based company, “JADE 1991, LLC” shortly afterwards.

While attending Southern she became the only Visual Arts freshman at Southern University to have her art showcased in the 2009 Southern University Student Exhibition. In the 2013 Southern University Student Exhibition, Jade was awarded 1st place for her mixed media sculpture Pride.

Since then, she has mastered the ability of pulling audiences into her creative parade, through her own unique interpretations of the world! One of her most recent achievements was during the 2016 Essence Street Style Block Party in New York, where she was selected to design a mural for Chevrolet.

Amongst participating in varied art events and creative directing, Jade curated her first exhibition Next Generation of FIYAH!, in 2017 at Southern University. She is currently gearing up for her premiere solo exhibit CWYC | Control What You Consume.

My passion for art is unexplainable. I am able to create my own world without consent. That is the ultimate freedom.

She began her journey in creativity at age seven. It was suggested that she be evaluated for the Talented in Visual Arts (TAV) program at John Dibert Elementary School in New Orleans. After being accepted, her parents immediately acknowledged that art would be a part of her life forever, so they kept the door open for all opportunities of advancement. Through execution of her; “if you can vision it, you can create it” approach, Jade sold her first painting as a high school senior in 2009 at the Baton Rouge City Park gallery. The SU Visual Arts Faculty, her Grandfather, and late Uncle, have proven to be her most influential tutelage. Jade is continuing the journey of globalizing her brand while pursuing innovation through her artwork.

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Antoine “GHOST” Mitchell

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Antoine “GHOST” Mitchell Antoine Dijion Mitchell, known as GHOST, (God Holds Our Souls Together and Genocide Hinders Our Survival Tactics) is a visual artist and spoken word poet originally from the small East Feliciana Parish town of Norwood, Louisiana. He graduated from Jackson High School in 1999. In the fall of that same year GHOST attended the Art Institute of Houston, graduating with an Associate’s Degree in Graphic Design in September 2001. Yet, it would not be until GHOST enrolled in Southern University’s Fine Arts Department (2007 Graduate) that he would find his artistic voice. Antoine often acknowledges that Southern University of Baton Rouge was the greatest decision that he made both artistically and academically. At Southern, he learned about African and African American art, artists, and history —which was something he never learned during 12 years of grade school and 2.5 years at the Art Institute of Houston.

Since 2004 Antoine Mitchell has exhibited in many places throughout the Baton Rouge ranging from different East Baton Rouge Parish Library Branches to Southern University’s own Frank Hayden Hall, Visual Arts Gallery. He has also participated in an art exhibition at the Stella Jones Art Gallery in New Orleans, as well as the grand opening of the Tangipahoa African American Heritage Museum in Hammond. While at Southern University he organized Profile of a Black Woman which was a one night exhibition dedicated to the beauty and strength of African and African American women who play a very strong role in not only Antoine’s art, but also his life. Antoine has done this one-night exhibition three more times since its conception and in the fall of 2014 he organized a month long exhibition of Profile of a Black Woman.

Antoine GHOST Mitchell currently refers to what he does as an “Artist as Spirit Work.” He has engaged in what he has termed “Art-Alchemy” which he “Transmutes” individuals into queens, kings, warriors, superheroes, or people from past (or future) time periods. For Antoine, this is a way to focus on the special aspect of what makes a person who they uniquely are and then amplifying what is already there inside of them through visual art using graphite pencil, acrylic painting, and other media such as digital painting via Clip Studio Paint and Adobe Photoshop CC. GHOST is also an aspiring comic book artist and is currently developing a fantasy comic book called, Sankofa’s Eymbrace.

Sankofa’s Eymbrace is heavily influenced by African beliefs and spirituality as well as the elements from other indigenous cultures. The “Afro-Fantasy” is also influenced by video games such as Final Fantasy and well known fantasy novels/movies, such as Lord of the Rings and Star Wars.

It would be remissive to not mention the battery that powers Antoine GHOST Mitchell to be involved in various projects.

Always a motivation and an honest ear and voice is Antoine’s beautiful Wife-Queen, Erica “Ayxa” Williams whom GHOST met in 2005 and later married in May 2007. GHOST credits her as his best support factor, being that Erica is very honest and has made many sacrifices to ensure that Antoine achieves his goals.

Antoine GHOST Mitchell hopes that all of his art can touch and bring together the human family as a whole into an understanding that is often lost in the murkiness of social, political, and cultural confusion. Truthfully…this only scratches the surface of WHO Antoine GHOST Mitchell is…

Art is the most Ancient form of communication and is a force of Cosmic Nature that exists outside of time. It has been communicating through different Living vessels throughout history, and I’m Honored to be one of its Vessels. Bless. Selah Website: http://www.poeartry.net Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AntoineGHOST Instagram: @asheghost @sankofaseymbrace

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Mojo

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Mojo Born in New Orleans, Mornear “Mojo” Mark have always loved art since childhood, but I never dreamed that he would be doing it on a professional level. Once I enrolled, he realized that he wanted to take his art to the next level and beyond. It is Mark’s artistry that gives the viewer a creative insight into himself. I am currently an art instructor at South Baton Rouge Charter Academy.

The two works in the exhibition are just what they are titled, an experiment. When I started these pieces, I had no idea or direction in which I wanted to go as far as color, design, and background. The only clear visual I had when creating these pieces were the subject matters. It took me approximately five years to complete these works of art with breaks in between creating each piece. At the point of completion and observation, the titles of each piece came to me like an epiphany. As I stared at each face in both pieces, I noticed a lot of characteristics and colors. Along with the facial designs and abnormal features, it looked as if these images were truly experiments.

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Wil Norwood

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Wil Norwood Wil Norwood grew up, initially wanting to be a comic book artist. Born in Baton Rouge, he was limited to what he could get a hold of to pursue his path, but would find anything related to the subject that he could, no matter how little. His path eventually led to the Fine Arts Department at Southern University A&M, where he would go on to earn a Master’s in Broadcast Journalism and minor in Fine Art. Within his time at SU, he learned from the amazing instructors of the art department, worked with Student Media, and eventually was introduced to photography by Dr. Joseph Kennedy in Mass Communications. As photography started taking over his path, he kept in mind what he had learned in the past, from perspective to the importance of lighting, as he developed.

Always learning and trying to improve, he has worked for inRegister Magazine, Baton Rouge Business Report, and Southern University, as well as other entities.

Though an all-around photographer, Wil’s preferred styles are journalistic, and a more flashy style that uses speedlights as the main source of light. The objective of images from him is, to immediately catch the eye. He wishes his images to stand out as much as possible, and make the viewer smile. His photography is to be enjoyed.

As a freelance photographer, I do many photo assignments. Leaving little time for personal projects. For that reason, I try to always have fun with any photography I do and created opportunities to be more creative when I can. Photography for me is an expression of who I am. I feed off the energy that is available to me with each project. I am bored with boring projects, and extremely excited when an interesting or different assignment comes along. Sometimes doing a string of uninspiring photos leaves me feeling dull, so I will try to work on something extra so that I can feel more fulfilled.

As a photographer, I want people to see my images. If they are kept to only me, they are wasted. In the beginning, what I liked most about photography was when people liked how their images looked after I took them. Now, I want people to look that same way and not only at their images, but the one’s I’ve taken of others. As I keep working, I am sure my reasoning will evolve.

However, before that happens, I will continue to develop my eye, style, and try to get better with each click of my shutter.

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RenĂŠe Noel Smith

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Renée Noel Smith Renée Smith was born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She has been committed to art since childhood. In her teens, she constantly got herself into academic trouble for drawing in class and not focusing on school work. A month after graduating from high school, she decided to go to college to major in Fine Arts.

In the beginning of her freshman year, she almost did not major in art because of the limited opportunities. After taking a few art classes, she realized that opportunities are everywhere in the art field. She enjoyed her art classes because she could make art and not worry about being academically penalized for it.

She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 2004 from Southern University and Agriculture & Mechanical College in Baton Rouge, Louisiana with a concentration in sculpture. In 2008, she received her Masters of Fine Arts from Louisiana State University with a concentration in printmaking.

After graduating from LSU, she taught Introduction to Fine Arts and Beginning Drawing at the Baton Rouge Community College. She also taught Introduction to Intaglio at LSU in 2008. In 2009, she was a Research Specialist I (Preparator) at the LSU Museum of Art. In 2012, she moved to Rockport, Texas to work for renowned granite sculptor, Jesús Bautista Moroles. While working for Moroles, she assisted behind the scenes with the making of his sculptures in his studio, with his longtime highly skilled crew.

Renée Smith currently resides in Houston, Texas and is an Assistant Professor of Practice at Prairie View A&M University.

I feel alive watching colors reflect from the sunset onto the ocean’s surface. I took all of that positive energy and put it into my work. The animated colorful waves symbolizes rebirth, energy, and freedom.

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Jonathan Spland

Still Life after the Flood [thermal version]

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Jonathan Spland Jonathan Gilbert Spland was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and was later raised in Zachary, Louisiana. His interest in art started during his childhood and later grew when he drew papers on floor plans and square-like buildings. He from Southern University in December 2012 with a Bachelor of Arts. His time in the Visual Arts department grew his interests in the art in painting, printmaking, computer graphics and sculpture. While at Southern, he became a member of SU Creative Arts Society, participated the SU Homecoming Student Exhibition in 2009, 2011, and 2012. He also participated in the 1st African-American exhibition at McKinley Middle Magnet School. This will be his third year participating in the alumni exhibition and his sixth year participating in the homecoming exhibition.

The only way to build your own creativity with your artwork is to study your own proficiency -- whether it comes from drawing, painting, sculpture, computers, etc.

You have to believe in yourself first. You have to dream about art. If you are creative enough, talented enough and wise enough, then you will be driven. Once you learn to master your art through determination and motivation, you will now use it to start controlling your own successes in life.

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Eugene “Eda” Wade

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Eugene “Eda” Wade Eugene “ Eda” Wade, graduated from Southern University in 1964, with a B.S. in Art Education. In 1969, Eda enrolled at Howard University, in Washington D.C. where he received a Master of Fine Arts (Painting). Relocating back to Chicago in 1971, “Eda” became one of the Chicago-Artist-In Residence (Mural Painting).

He began teaching at Kennedy-King College in 1979, until his retirement in 2005.

Returning to Louisiana, Eda settled in Zachary, Louisiana, and bought a home.

After three years of retirement, he started back teaching part-time at Southern University and Baton Rouge Community College. He is currently full-time faculty in art at Southern.

A respected professional artist and teacher in the art community. “Eda” has been painting for over 60 years. He is among the artists who painted the eclectic “Wall of Respect “murals in Chicago of historic black figures. His work can also be found in the halls of Kennedy King College, Malcolm X College, Oliver-Harvey College and the DuSable Museum, all in Chicago, Illinois.

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Lloyd G. Wade

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Lloyd G. Wade “A gift that is given is a gift to be shared.”

Lloyd Gregory Wade was born in Monroe, Louisiana in 1975. His love of drawing and art started when his fifth grade teacher enrolled in him in the Louisiana Gifted and Talented Arts Program after finding a journal full of drawings. This program would instill an otherwise shy child with the tools needed to be called an artist.

Wade has a bachelor of arts degree from Southern University A&M College Baton Rouge, and a bachelor of fine arts degree from the School of Art Institute of Chicago. His most influential tutelage was received from artist such as: Daryl Triplett, Robert Cox, Addie Dawson- Euba, and more. He describes himself as a Griot, an artist story teller that’s interested in showing the connection between humanity and art. A constant exhibitor, Wade has traveled with his work to New Orleans, LA., Houston, TX., Chicago, IL., and Veracruz, Mexico in the city of Orizaba. No space has been too small or too large for his work to come to life. He has displayed in such places as cafés, galleries, and the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago, Illinois, just to name a few. An educator by trade, but an artist for life and a visual creator for change.

I consider myself an artistic teacher, a recorder of society’s consciousness. My artwork’s thematic focus is symbolism and design.

The viewer will find a rich use of cultural symbols from world languages and different society’s history. I have also been known as a “Romanticist” or a “Visual Storyteller.” My artwork contains realistic figures; some obtained from models others are pure fiction. I try to illustrate life’s natural processes through abstract expressions, the growth of the human mind, body, and soul.

I am interested in the connection between the human society and the earth itself; and how each coexists with each other and how human and earth merges together as one. As a result, my artwork illustrates the union of symbols and design as well as the connection of cultures.

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Richard Walls III

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Richard Walls III I have a B.F.A. from the Savannah College of Art and Design in Computer animation and have learned the techniques essential for a successful animator. I am currently the media arts teacher at Belaire Creative Science and Arts Magnet High School.

In addition, I am an Adjunct Instructor who teaches Understanding the Arts with SUSLA on Southern University’s campus. I am a small business owner, Image Arts Media, LLC. My work has been featured in several exhibitions, catalogs, and galleries. This summer I was rewarded several certificates for Game Design and Technology. I am currently working on a big project involving a tech app.

La Pella is a representational work of art that addresses the vulnerability and beautiful nature of a woman, who has confidence in herself and her ability to navigate and maintain the character of a eloquent lady. A lady that is admired for her modest and mature nature to influence other ladies to join her in her quest for love. Moreover, a charismatic leader that connects to a higher power to judge the essential choices of life. The Victorian design in the background indicates her class and royalty in society.

The intricate design in the hair really evoked this royal status identity in society. The use of no makeup gives her a modest and eloquent appearance. I was able to render that modest look by using watercolor for the skin. The color choice of gold, green, and purple once again creates and relates this subject matter back to its royal premise. I believe this was an exceptional ideal that was worth the try and I am happy with the outcome.

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Joshua White

War Dance

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Joshua White My name is Joshua B. H. White a 26 year old graduate of the Southern University School of Architecture of the spring class of 2015. A proud 2012 initiate of the Southern University Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi, where I served as president and am now an advisor to the current undergraduates.

I am an Artist, designer, student and educator. Born and raised in North Baton Rouge, I was gifted with artistic ability since a young age. My inspiration has always been simply using every ounce of talent I was blessed with. As I grew I often thought I had unlimited potential boasting the claim, “I can Draw anything I can see.” Thus I focused on photo realism and continued to challenge myself and sharpen my skills.

In the 6th grade I made my very first painting from a still life of objects. Thankfully I gained experience of almost every medium as a student of my school’s art programs. I took a liking to acrylic painting, though I was still in love with only my pencil and pad. I easily excelled throughout grade school, claiming the title of the Most Talented of my senior class thanks mostly to my paintings. I realized that drawing was the foundation to something much more colorful.

My journey to Southern university began with a painting, a collage inspired by the jaguar nation itself. This painting was presented by my principal to the Board of directors and I then promised to become a jaguar. Even though my parents met one another on this very campus, and it was always considered home, I did not yet realize that Southern university was where I would gain the most valuable collegiate experience one could have dreamed of. Now that I’ve grown I can be proud of the numerous works of art contributed to my family, friends, alma maters, even at my workplace. I am still seeking to reach the unlimited potential I once thought was in my grasp. Now I strive reach a different claim…”I can create anything I can imagine.”

God granted me with a special ability to bring his thoughts to life using only my left hand and a few small instruments. I believe that all things were created with a purpose. I was created to create.

The piece entitled “War Dance” was completed in the year 2009, at the age of 17. As a student of the Gifted and Talented art program throughout grade school, I truly became an artist. We sharpened our skills and techniques while practicing photo realism. We were usually given the freedom to replicate magazine images at a larger scale. My senior year there had been a small magazine cutout posted on the wall that was only about size of one’s hand. It’s contained an immense amount of color and detail that it seemed overwhelming. Written directly above the image my art teacher had placed the label, “Impossible.” I grabbed every prisma color I could find. My instructor handed me a magnifying glass and said “Good Luck!” It became entitled “War Dance.”

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Jazzlyn Whitfield

The Right Side of History

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Jazzlyn Whitfield Jazzlyn Whitfield grew up in New Orleans, Louisiana where she was heavily exposed to the Treme’ and French Quarter communities. She is a Southern University alumni with a Bachelor’s in Arts degree in Fine Arts. She has been featured in several art shows, both in New Orleans and Baton Rouge. After graduating in 2010, Jazzlyn assisted renowned artist, Richard C. Thomas in teaching art to kids in New Orleans. She is currently a sought after freelance artist, for all subjects, including apparel designs, logos, backdrops, portraits and murals.

My art reflects some of the mindsets and experiences in the feminist, youth and black communities. “Art expression lends a voice to the mute and encourages the minds of us all to provoke change in our communities.” I believe that art is one of the many vessels used to help bring awareness and effect change.

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EXHIBITION CHECKLIST Quaja Bell Click 2018 ceramics Quaja Bell 7” x 18” x 18” Click 2018 ceramics Krystal 7” x 18”Blackwell x 18” Calla Lily Dripping Copper 2018 acrylic on canvas 20” x 16” Krystal Blackwell Calla Lily Dripping Copper 2018 Magnolia Dripping Gold 2018 acrylic on canvas acrylic on canvas 20” x 16” 16” x 20” Magnolia Dripping Gold 2018 acrylic on Bradford canvas Llewellyn 16” 20” Down the River 2015 Boatx Ride tempera and oil on canvas 27 ½ ” x 32 ½ ” Llewellyn Bradford Boat Ride Down the River 2015 Jeanne’ Brown tempera and on Motif canvas 2013 Blue Flower oil Petal 27 ½ ” x 32 ½ ” mixed media 11” x 14” Jeanne’ Brown Blue Flowers Motif 2013 Blue Flower Motif 2013 mixed media mixed media 11” x 14” 11” x 14”

Kirsten “kayecee” Blue Petal Motif Campbell 2013 Euphoria 2018 mixed media acrylic ink on bristol paper 11” x 14” 19” x 24” Placid “kayecee” 2018 Kirsten Campbell acrylic ink on bristol paper Euphoria 2018 19” x 24” acrylic ink on bristol paper 19” x 24” Jonavan Devold Placid 2018 Bed of Sunflowers 2017 acrylic ink ononbristol prismacolor paperpaper 19” 24” 11” xx 14” Panther Reign 2018 Jonavan Devold primacolor on paper Bed of Sunflowers 2017 11” x 14” prismacolor on paper 11” x 14” 2018 Untitled prismacolor on paper Panther Reign 2018 11” x 14” primacolor on paper 11” x 14” Karin B. Dorsey His T-Shirt 2018 Untitled 2018 mixed media prismacolor on paper 48” xx 24” 11” 14” Without Him 2018 mixed media 19” x 24” 69

Kimberly Duhon What Happened to Hip-Hop? 2018 prismacolor on paper Karin B. Dorsey 18” x 24” His T-Shirt 2018 mixed media Terrell L. Evans 48” x 24” Bright 2017 pastel on color paper Without Him 2018 24”mixed x 18” media

19” x 24” Pops 2018 pastel on color paper 24”Kimberly x 18” Duhon What Happened to Hip-Hop? 2018 Jeremy Hall on paper prismacolor Ali18” Bomaye x 24” 2015 charcoal on paper 20” x 16” Terrell L. Evans Bright 2017 Brian Hebert pastel on The Return color of thepaper Ghetto Bastard in Amerikka #2 2018 24” x 18” acrylic and oil on canvas 24” x 30” Pops 2018 pastelHenry on color paper Randell 24” x 18” Sheba 2017

collage on canvas 10 1/16” x 10 1/16 “ Jeremy Hall

Ali Bomaye 2015 Thecharcoal Wizardon is In 2017 paper collage on canvas 20” x 16” 12” x 18”

Naja Isabelle Brian Hebert A Different World The Return of the2018 Ghetto Bastard in Amerikka #2 2018 mixed media acrylic andon oilcanvas on canvas (diamond shape) 24” x 30” 12” x 12” Randell Henry 2018 World Symphony Sheba 2017 mixed media on canvas 30”collage x 40” on canvas 10 1/16” x 10 1/16 “ Jessica D. Keyes The Wizard Golden 2016 is In 2017 collage on canvas oil on canvas 12” x 18” 30” x 24”

Nathaniel Landry Naja Isabelle Untitled Abstract 1 2018 A Different World 2018 pen and ink on bristol board mixed media on canvas 14” x 11” (diamond shape) 12” x 12” Untitled Abstract 2 2018 penWorld and ink on bristol board Symphony 2018 14”mixed x 11” media on canvas 30” x 40”

Untitled Abstract 3 2018 pen and ink on bristol board 14” x 11”

Still Life after the Flood (thermal version) 2018 computer graphics 11” x 14”

Nathaniel A. Landry Sōkōhime (Armored Princess) 2016 water based paint marker on a blank skateboard deck 32” x 8 ½”

Renée Noel Smith Funnel Waves 2018 faber-castell pens and colored pencil 4.250 x 5.875

The Weathered Monolith 2018 acrylic on wood 35 3/8” x 35 3/8”

Missing Rockport 2018 faber-castell pens and colored pencil 4.250 x 5.875

Yawheh’s War Armor 2017 acrylic and water based marker on canvas 20” x 16”

Eugene “Eda” Wade Olmec Spaceship 2018 digital painting on canvas 55” x 38”

Mojo Experiment 1 2018 mixed media on paper 18” x 20” Experiment 2 2018 mixed media on paper 22” x 15” Jade Meyers The Beginning and The End 2018 mixed media on canvas 48” x 30”

The Growing Hand: One of One 2018 acrylic on wood 40 ½” x 20 ½” Antoine “GHOST” Mitchell A’she Dance 2016 digital painting 16” x 30”

I Am CoExistence 2015 acrylic on canvas 36” x 24” Wil Norwood A Portrait of Teha 2017 photography 11” x 14”

Lloyd G. Wade Strange Fruit/Popular Tree 2018 acrylic on canvas 50” x 48” Richard Walls III La’Pella 2017 acrylic and watercolor on paper 24” x 18” Joshua White War Dance 2008 prismacolor on paper 22” x 22” Jazzlyn Whitfield The Right Side of History 2016 acrylic on un-stretched canvas 11 ½ “x 36”

Bathed in Gold 2017 photography 11” x 14” Jonathan Spland State Capitol Pizzazz (alternate version) 2018 computer graphics 14” x 11”

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Southern University Homecoming Alumni Exhibitions

Southern University Homecoming

SU Visual Arts Alumni…………2010 SU Visual ArtsJared Alumni…………2010 Osereime Aimua, Alcorn, Mehrdokht “Azita” Arasteh, Ed Barnes, Fannie Brown, Desmond Cooper

Gerard Dillon, Brian Hebert, Randell Henry, Aaron Johnson, Shenell Johnson, Shontrell Johnson, Willie Jones, Osereime Aimua, Jared Alcorn, Mehrdokht “Azita” Arasteh, Ed Barnes, Fannie Brown, Desmond Cooper Rodrick Minor, Charles E. Siler, Nathaniel Landry, Nathaniel A. Landry, Antoine “Ghost” Mitchell, Gerard Dillon, Brian Hebert, Randell Henry, Aaron Johnson, Shenell Johnson, Shontrell Johnson, Willie Jones Kevin E. Reaves, Morris “Taft” Thomas, Eugene “Eda” Wade, Lloyd G. Wade, Jazzlyn Whitfield Rodrick Minor, Charles E. Siler, Nathaniel Landry, Nathaniel A. Landry, Antoine “Ghost” Mitchell Kevin E. Reaves, Morris “Taft” Thomas, Eugene “Eda” Wade, Lloyd G. Wade, Jazzlyn Whitfield

SU Visual Arts Alumni II…………2013 SU Visual ArtsJohn Alumni Osereime Aimua, Barnes,II…………2013 Krystal Blackwell, Jeanne’ Brown, Gerard Dillion, Creshawn Garrett

Joshua Gary, Randell Henry, Shenell Johnson, Patience Iheanacho, Nathaniel Landry, Nathaniel A. Landry Osereime Aimua, John Barnes, Krystal Blackwell, Jeanne’ Brown, Gerard Dillion, Creshawn Garrett Kiwana T. McClung, Antoine “Ghost” Mitchell, Wil Norwood, Erik O’Neal, Naville John Oubre III, Brittany Joshua Gary, Randell Henry, Shenell Johnson, Patience Iheanacho, Nathaniel Landry, Nathaniel A. Landry Pierre, Eric Pogue, Christopher Russell, Renée Smith, Earnisteen Spencer, Jonathan Spland, Clarence Talley, Sr., Kiwana T. McClung, Antoine “Ghost” Mitchell, Wil Norwood, Erik O’Neal, Naville John Oubre III, Brittany Eugene “Eda” Wade, Lloyd G. Wade, Betty Wiles Pierre, Eric Pogue, Christopher Russell, Renée Smith, Earnisteen Spencer, Jonathan Spland, Clarence Talley, Sr. Eugene “Eda” Wade, Lloyd G. Wade, Betty Wiles

SU Visual Arts Alumni III…………2015 SU Visual ArtsJared Alumni Osereime Aimua, Alcorn,III…………2015 Roderick Anderson, Ernest Baylor, Krystal Blackwell, Jeanne’ Brown, Brian Hebert, Randell Henry, Nathaniel Landry, Nathaniel A. Landry, Jade Meyers, Antoine “Ghost” Mitchell, Osereime Aimua, Jared Alcorn, Roderick Anderson, Ernest Baylor, Krystal Blackwell, Jeanne’ Brown, Brian Wil Norwood, Travis Pickett, Henry Price, Renée Smith, Jonathan Spland, Clarence Talley, Sr., Hebert, Randell Henry, Nathaniel Landry, Nathaniel A. Landry,Jade Meyers, Antoine “Ghost” Mitchell Eugene “Eda” Wade, Tommie Warren, Rev. Dr. Claude L White Sr. Wil Norwood, Travis Pickett, Henry Price, Renée Smith, Jonathan Spland, Dr. Clarence Talley, Sr. Eugene “Eda” Wade, Tommie Warren, Rev. Dr. Claude L White Sr.

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