{"id":12440,"date":"2022-06-17T09:45:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-17T09:45:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/?p=12440"},"modified":"2022-06-22T09:31:04","modified_gmt":"2022-06-22T09:31:04","slug":"tales-from-the-b-a-sket-black-art-sketches-for-the-contemporary-art-lover-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=12440","title":{"rendered":"Tales from The b.a.SKET: Black Art Sketches for the Contemporary Art Lover"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Tales from The b.a.SKET: Black Art Sketches for the Contemporary Art Lover<\/h2>\r\n
By D. Amari Jackson<\/pre>\r\n
This week, we reach into the b.a.SKET and pull out a poetic tribute to a newly crowned ancestor\u2026 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\r\n
Artist, educator, scholar, curator, writer, administrator, editor, filmmaker, and collector, Dr. Samella Lewis<\/a>, was with us for many a cycle and a season. Her recent transition at age 99 is simultaneously a cause for sadness, reflection, and the celebration of an icon who left our art world far richer than it was when she first arrived.<\/p>\r\n
Dr. Lewis\u2019s many accomplishments are the stuff of legend. And fortunately, for us, the legend is true. Her role in the development and evolution of the field of African American Art is undeniable. She founded the International Review of African American Art, for many years the premiere publication in the field. She cofounded the Museum of African American Art in Los Angeles, acting as its chief curator from 1976 through 1986. She founded The Gallery at Scripps College in Claremont, California where she was a professor for 15 years. She wrote numerous books and publications about Black art and artists to promote and advance the field of African American Art. \u00a0And as BAIA contributor, Shantay Robinson, penned in in her stellar account<\/a>, \u201cDr. Samella Lewis: The Godmother of African American Art,\u201d Lewis accomplished \u201call of this while being a wife and mother.\u201d<\/p>\r\n
\"\"
“Mother and Child” by Dr. Samella Lewis
24 x 18 inches, lithograph on paper, limited edition #03\/40, (2007) –unframed<\/p><\/div>\r\n
Today, we pull from the basket to present the poignant lithograph, Mother and Child,<\/em> by Dr. Samella Lewis. It is accompanied by a poem I first published in 2008 in the funeral program for Clarice Brooks Jackson, the day we both buried my mother and celebrated my birth.<\/p>\r\n
It is called More than Winter<\/strong>\u2026<\/p>\r\n
Nature informs us<\/em><\/p>\r\n
if we listen<\/em><\/p>\r\n
listen closely<\/em><\/p>\r\n
to the setting sun<\/em><\/p>\r\n
to the changing season<\/em><\/p>\r\n
then we\u2019ll hear them<\/em><\/p>\r\n
those who have gone before us<\/em><\/p>\r\n
in the song of the sparrow<\/em><\/p>\r\n
the whisper of the wind<\/em><\/p>\r\n
sustaining us, guiding us<\/em><\/p>\r\n
warming our days with their presence<\/em><\/p>\r\n
their eternal presence<\/em><\/p>\r\n
as past, present and future<\/em><\/p>\r\n
collapse into snapshots<\/em><\/p>\r\n
precious slices of sentiment<\/em><\/p>\r\n
parading images<\/em><\/p>\r\n
of life, love and loss<\/em><\/p>\r\n
\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\r\n
And though seasons change<\/em><\/p>\r\n
and winter will most certainly come<\/em><\/p>\r\n
carrying the sting of cold <\/em><\/p>\r\n
upon our reluctant faces<\/em><\/p>\r\n
collecting its cyclical fee <\/em><\/p>\r\n
for months of warmth preceding<\/em><\/p>\r\n
we must not forget<\/em><\/p>\r\n
the Flower of Life<\/em><\/p>\r\n
the blossom of Spring<\/em><\/p>\r\n
with her nurturing rays of sun<\/em><\/p>\r\n
like a Mother\u2019s Love<\/em><\/p>\r\n
warming our path<\/em><\/p>\r\n
sheltering us from the cold<\/em><\/p>\r\n
allaying our fear<\/em><\/p>\r\n
and ever reminding us<\/em><\/p>\r\n
that we are not less than<\/em><\/p>\r\n
because we are now without her<\/em><\/p>\r\n
but we are more than<\/em><\/p>\r\n
because we were with her.<\/em><\/p>\r\n
\"\"<\/p>\r\n
Browse and shop for fine art from our growing network of artists, collectors, estates, galleries \u2014 specializing in works by Black American artists with great values on premier art.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
START COLLECTING ART<\/span><\/h1>\r\n
Sign up for our\u00a0free\u00a0email course<\/strong><\/u><\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/span>on how to begin your collection.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n
\"\"Amari Jackson<\/b> is a creator, author, TV\/web\/film producer, and award-winning journalist. He is author of the 2011 novel, The Savion Sequence; creator\/writer\/coproducer of the 2012-2014 web series The Book Look; writer\/coproducer of the 2016 film Edge of the Pier; and current writer\/coproducer of Listen Up! on HBCU GO\/Roku TV. He is a former Chief of Staff for a NJ State Senator; a former VP of Communications & Development for the Jamestown Project at Harvard University; and a recipient of several writing fellowships including the George Washington Williams Fellowship from the Independent Press Association. An active ghost writer, song writer, martial artist, and journalist, his writings have appeared in a wide variety of national and regional publications.<\/p>\r\n
Would you buy stock in BAIA if you could?<\/strong> Well we invite you to join us in becoming a monthly supporter, starting at just $3 a month YOU become a stakeholder and begin to help us transform lives through art. We are growing the BAIA team and will use your contributions to hire more team members for the purpose of creating more educational and marketing resources for schools and universities about african american artists both past and present. Such art initiatives and educational programming like Blacklite with Steve Prince, Relating to Art with Dr. Kelli Morgan, and BAIA BITS would not be possible without the ongoing support of our Patreon members. Please consider becoming a monthly Patreon member today!<\/p>\r\n
Review our list of rewards for becoming a BAIA\u00a0Patreon<\/a><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\/ patron supporter. Your monthly contribution has lasting benefits. \u2014 \u201cWhat will your legacy be\u201d \u2013 Dr. Margaret Burroughs<\/p>\r\n
Thank you new and recurring monthly<\/span> Patrons<\/h1>\r\n
Deloris and Eddie Young, Esther Silver-Parker, Eugene Foney, Zadig & Voltaire, Petrucci<\/b>\u00a0Family Foundation Collection of African American Art, John and Melanie Guess, Frank<\/b>\u00a0Frazier, Houston Museum of African American Culture, Leslie Fields, Jim Nixon, Dr.<\/b>\u00a0Michael Butler, Mary \u201cMadea\u201d Jones, Carolyn L. Mazloomi,<\/b>Terry Whitt Bailey, Brenda k robinson, Greg Head, Deborah J Jackson, Deborah Griffin, Kimberly Wilson-Lawson, Gail Rogers, Natalie F Lawrence, Yvonne R Carter, Gillian Crocca Photography,\u00a0Eliesha Nelson<\/b>, Gracie M Jamiah, Lyndale Pettus,Rev. Anita Marshall,\u00a0<\/b>E L Greene, Devon Simpson, Sylvie Meyers, Edward Johnson, Jimmy S. Clark, Jr., Robert & Susan King, Jacqueline Boggan, Nanno Smith, Dindga McCannon, Jenae Gayle, Donald M Rubin, Maya, Jessica Bickett, Jewell T. Williams, Derek Nichols, Diana Mbr, Shavaughn Buckley, Jalisa Whitley, Kassi De Luna, Eric T McKissack, Tsedey Betru, Cheryl, Polk, Victor W Brown, Alnita Ann Holder, Sharon Butts, Gregory M Glore, Tanya Desdunes, Vernestine Laughinghouse, Arelia Jones, Shakira Pollard, Kimberly Esmond Adams, Patric McCoy, Bridget Griffin, Rayhart, Mikal Aziz, Patricia Goodwin, Rebecca Smith, Rita Alston,\u00a0Chris McNew<\/b>, Sharyn Welch, Eunice Sykes, Paula DeJoie, Patricia S. Kearse, Cyderia Gates, Anita Askew Wharton, LaShanda Chirunga, Kree8tive DJ, Cynthia Hargrove, S Johnson, Darris L Shaw, Willa Bandler, Valerie A. Cooper, Paige Jernigan, Monique Johnson, Djibril N\u2019Doye, Zawadi, Paul Daniel Curtis, Dr. Karen Patricia Williamsm, Brenda Joyner, Christina, Robert Taylor, Takisia Whites, Stephanie Stephens,\u00a0Atiya Slaughter<\/b>, Renee Williams Jefferson, Hope Elliott, Elaine Buchsbaum, Rosemarie Rogers, Frazier and Myra O\u2019Leary, Velma McLaurin-Bell, Judy Nyquist, Kate Gadd, R Simpson, Crystal Green, Denise Rogers, Tara, Faye Edwards, Trina Virginia Brooks, jack, Beverly S Ware, Raven Walthor, Paige Jernigan, Gregg Y., Loretta Y Blakely, Barbara Hayes, Sonia Pollard, Vince Leal, Lisa Tomlinson, Diane E Leifheit, Art Now After Hours, Suzette Davis, Alison Woods, PB Fine Art Appraisal, Peter Prinz, Vickie Townsend-Carter, Lindiwe Stovall Lester, Arturo Lindsay, Raynard Hall, Toby Sisson, Bernard W. Kinsey, Leslie Smith, Nelly Maynard, Terri Bowles, Otto Neals,\u00a0Ted Ellis<\/b>, Bill Cook, SylviaWong Lewis, Donna Paxon, Nancy Maignan, Kimberly Smith, Tracy Russ, Gwen Meharg, Johnnie Mae Maberry, Zishan Evans, Arbrie Griffin Bradley, Sandra Sautner, Barbara Brown, Bronwen Hodgkinson,\u00a0Sonia Deane<\/b>, January Hoskin, Quinton Foreman, Terri Pease, Annette Grrr, Elayne Gross, Ann Tankersley, Jacqueline Konan, Jerome Moore, India Still, Kim Dubois, Edwina King Diva E, Charlotte Bender, Phyllis Stephens, Judith Hamilton, Francene Greene, Caryliss R. Weaver, Sharmon Jane Hilfinger, Bill and Deborah Nix,\u00a0Joyce A<\/b>, Wanda Baker-Smith, Emily Jean, C Harris, Morris Howard, Marie L Johnson, Ayoka Chenzira, Jean Gumpper, Dr. Darlene White,\u00a0Dr. Sandra Boyce Broomes<\/b>, Michele C. Mayes, Rita Crittenden,\u00a0Beverly Grant<\/b>, Linda B. Smith, Judith Bergeron, Emily Hegeman Cavanagh, Teri L,\u00a0Claudia Bell<\/b>, Cooky Goldblatt, Danni Cerezo, Sarah Caputo, Christina Levine, Jessica Beckstrom, Pamela Hart, Tellis, Louise Berner-Holmberg, Carla Sonheim, Alison Deas, Monikapi, Ashley Littlefield, Pearlie Taylor, Marina Kovic, Sarah Rooney, Mitchell Shohet, Cheryl B Blankman, Petrina Burkard, Sarah Drury, Megan LaCroix, Kellyn Maguire, Sophia Bellino, Cory Huff, Wilhelmina Barker, Shelley Danzy, Rosalyn D. Elder, Karen Pinzolo, Desiree Dansan, Deborah Paige-Jackson, ALKEBU LAN IMAGES Bookstore, DeLores M Dyer, Shelia, Susan Ross, Carlton Cotton, Joan L. Ward, Jocelyn Benita Smith, Paul Robinson, Janice Orr, Patricia D Dungy, Shawn Rhea, Cheryl Odeleye, Runez M Bender, Karen Y House, M Belinda Tucker, Dr. Yonette Thomas, Diana Shannon Young, Harold Moore, Shurvon Haynes, K.Coleman, Dana Todd Pope, M. Rasheed, Jamal Love, Annette, Manuelita Brown, Gale Ross, KL Martin, Patricia D Dungy, Patricia A Thomas, Carolyn J Grantham, Lyla Correoso_thomas<\/p>\r\n
 <\/p>\r\n
\"\"<\/a><\/p>\r\n
We Appreciate Your Support<\/p>
Share this:<\/h3>