Keeping our environment in mind
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“It is blasphemy to separate oneself from the earth and look down on it like a god. It is more than blasphemy; it is dangerous. We can never be gods, after all—but we can become something less than human with frightening ease.”
— N. K. Jemisin
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Did you know that American author N. K. Jemisin is the first to win three successive Hugo Awards for Best Novel—plus, the first to win them in a row for every novel in her Broken Earth trilogy (2015, 2016, and 2017)?
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130. 🔥 “Fire”
“How can I create work that is both unique, empowering, and spark conversations, while also keeping our environment in mind?”
— Kiarra Elliott
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Did you know that Southern California artist, Kiarra Elliott, created Afrocentric Keyy: an Eco-conscious oil paint portraiture style using recycled wood as her canvas?
In the artist’s own words, “At the end of my college career, I found myself asking the question more and more, ‘Where are the representation of my people or those that look like myself and my family? How can I create work that is both unique, empowering, and spark conversations, while also keeping our environment in mind?’”
“These very questions sparked the creation of Afrocentric Keyy; an Eco-conscious oil paint portraiture style using recycled wood as my canvas!”
“By re-purposing these wood materials I am able to turn ‘trash into treasure’ creating distinctive human figures and animal-infused portraits.”
131. “Falling Man” (2016)
“We’re seeing a push to bring in diversity behind the scenes, outside of the cultural producers, the artists who are the lowest hanging fruit to invite in. How do we see Black dealers? How do we see more Black curators, more Black museum directors? I would like to see the criteria and ways that we evaluate that talent change post-haste.”
— Rashid Johnson
Did you know?
Did you know that Rashid Johnson (b. 1977, Chicago) is recognized as one of the major voices of his generation, and was one of six artists commissioned by the Queens Museum, New York, and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to create a site-specific, permanent installation for Delta Airlines’s terminal at the La Guardia Airport in Queens, New York?
Rashid Johnson is an artist who, “Creates searing meditations on race and class, but is also equally interested in testing the ability of abstract visual languages to communicate across cultural boundaries.”
132. “Lean” (2018)
“I am not saying anything new or different than the community itself has been saying for generations.”
— Jordan Casteel
Did you know?
Did you know that Jordan Casteel (b. 1989, Denver, CO) is the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship (2021)—commonly referred to as the ‘Genius Grant’—for her captivating and unique works of art?
Jordan Casteel received her BA from Agnes Scott College, Decatur, GA for Studio Art (2011) and her MFA in Painting and Printmaking from Yale School of Art, New Haven, CT (2014).
“The Earth is what we all have in common.”
— Wendell Berry
(Breathe In . . . Breathe Out)
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