February Artists
IG Artists True or False
100
This American portrait artist uses a naturalistic style pose to recreate Renaissance art with the contemporary black man in his work. He is also called "that Obama painter guy"
Kehinde Wiley
100
True or False!
Bou Bou Niang is Sengalese contemporary painter
His themes are seen is his performances , which often connect the painting tool directly to the subject or a specific cause.
True
200
This Japanese-born American "army brat" uses her camera and gold paint to capture the next generation and create "patterns and motifs. Just as Byzantine icons serve as windows to the spiritual realm".
She says, "We exist beyond the atrocities afflicted upon our ancestors; we exist beyond the pain."
Tawny Chatmon
200
True or False
Alex Peter Idoko is a Nigerian artist.
Themes: His work goes even deeper because he uses his beautiful portraits to tell narratives that are typically ignored. His images fiery, futurism to his work.
True!
300
Denied an education in the deep south, she would go onto teach for four decades! Dubbed one of DC's greatest treasures, her acrylics consist of broad, mosaic-like patches of vibrant color applied in concentric circles or vertical stripes.
Alma Thomas
300
True or False
Ricollin Medley is a self-taught artist, who struggled for supplies initially.
Yebo Gallery picked up his work, he landed a show in Sweden and he now receives supplies from the gallery.
Primarily Line Art
Hatching (lines that don't touch)
Cross-Hatching ( lines that DO touch, overlap etc.)
Stippling (dots)
False. This is Mrs. Dawes IG friend Natie.Jay aka Nathi Tembe.
400
He taught himself to draw upside-down so white clients could read blue print plans from across the table, but wouldn't shake his hand.
Orphaned at four, he rose from foster care to become one of the most sought-after architects in America.
He became the first Black Fellow of the American Institute of Architects
Paul R Williams
400
True or False
British- Nigerian Artist Kelvin Okafor work pictured below is a type of work called Hyper Realism, meaning the artist uses thier medium of choice to make exact replicas.
True
500
His childhood home in New York City was a gathering place for Harlem Renaissance luminaries such as Langston Hughes and Duke Ellington. His mother, was a reporter for a leading Black newspaper and eventually become President of the Negro Women’s Democratic Association.
He was reminded of his childhood with people in the magazines during the Harlem Renaissance. So his work morphed to represent more of the Civil Rights movement.
His time being misrepresented as a white person helped him to experience the fragmented racism, which showed up in his work as a collage artist.
Romare Bearden
500
Using her mother's sewing machine, she learned from the organization how to read and design Simplicity patterns.
She graduated from Hampton University, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theatre Arts.
Hollywood Star on the walk of Fame.
Academy Award winner for Wakanda Forever costumes and recently, Sinners.
Afrofuturism costume work.