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Stacie Monday is a painter and activist inspired by and focused on the celebration of African American women in her community. Monday focuses on defying stereotypes through storytelling and advocating equitable representation in visual culture.

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2021-05-05

Vernon Howell is a native of Huntington, WV. While pursuing a masters in art education, he was the captain for Marshall’s football team. He also did post-graduate work at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. and became a lifelong arts educator.

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2021-05-04

Huntington, WV ophthalmologist and artist Dr. Stephanie Skolik found a way to make her artwork accessible to those who have vision loss, using clay to create 3-D tactile bio-reliefs, which are also labeled in Braille in an “Oculus Luminaire” or “Vision Window.”#jennyarthistory

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2021-04-17

Janiva Ellis makes exaggerated paintings with cartoonish visual vocabulary and characters, drowning in a psychedelic abyss. Ellis’ primary source materials are both pop culture, everyday racial dynamics &police brutality, and the canon of art.

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2020-07-05

Wangechi Mutu creates amalgamations of humans and machines, sensual black female bodies and grotesque textures are synonymous of body diseases, cultural trauma, & gender constructs; her aesthetics re-write the codes of femininity in our society.

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2020-07-01

Over the impressive length of her career (almost 7 decades), Loïs Mailou Jones had produced paintings, drawings and textile designs in the context of the Harlem Renaissance.

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2020-06-13