I first met Jackie McLean in 1977 after taking my first arts administrative position at the Connecticut Commission on the Arts. So it seems almost uncanny that I

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As I was weepily reminiscing with someone about Elizabeth Catlett, she asked me when did I meet Elizabeth Catlett and I told her that I first met her

MoreElizabeth Catlett: a treasured friend, a remarkable artist

After reading yet another article recently on the “glory years of jazz” and the usual lamentation on the demise of this art form, I couldn’t help but wonder

MoreThe Great Jazz Great Debate: Really???

I recently went to see one of my favorite August Wilson plays, “Joe Turner’s Come & Gone” in NYC because it was getting “rave” reviews by the NY critics and

MoreMissing August & Lloyd…

Throughout the next few months I plan to post my observations, revelations, hallucinations, and every other thing that changed my personal outlook as a result of my first

MoreThe Trip; the Impact

The dirt from Goree will not leave my feet. I scrub and scrub, followed by a Wet Wipe bath and no luck… It’s as if the ancestors want

MoreIle de Goree- A Painful Observation

Well it’s been a minute since my last post and much has transpired. The South Dallas Cultural Center is extremely active and the community is solidly in here!

MoreCreativity & Black Children

Recently I had the pleasure of seeing the Martin Puryear retrospective and hear him speak about this awesome collection of sculptures. The Modern Museum of Fort Worth has

MoreAfrican Americans and Abstraction: Thinking of Puryear

Well I just opened a wonderful exhibition entitled Sistahs on the Horizon: African Diaspora Women Emerging Artists that features the work of five remarkable Black women and I

MoreOn Black Women Artists

After a lot of thought and back and forth, I finally decided to create this blog. As an artist working in the visual arts, I can’t help but notice

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