{"id":2244,"date":"2018-02-09T16:15:09","date_gmt":"2018-02-09T16:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/?p=2244"},"modified":"2018-02-09T18:42:11","modified_gmt":"2018-02-09T18:42:11","slug":"baia-talk-interview-with-najee-dorsey-on-together-columbus-mural-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/?p=2244","title":{"rendered":"BAIA Talks: Interview with Najee Dorsey on Together Columbus Mural Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">BAIA Talks:<br \/>\nInterview with Najee Dorsey on Together Columbus Mural Commission<\/h1>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none; overflow: hidden;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fnajee.dorsey%2Fvideos%2F10214943735922570%2F&amp;show_text=0&amp;width=560\" width=\"790\" height=\"460\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2245\" style=\"width: 778px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2245\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2245\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180207_192657-300x219.png?resize=750%2C548\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"548\" data-id=\"2245\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180207_192657.png?resize=300%2C219&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180207_192657.png?resize=768%2C561&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180207_192657.png?resize=1024%2C748&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/20180207_192657.png?w=1080&amp;ssl=1 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2245\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Najee with mural in studio prior to installation &#8212; My lonely heart escaped its Southern Blues, 10 x 20 foot mural.<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">An Interview with Najee Dorsey by Columbus&#8217; Ledger Enquirer Chuck Williams on the &#8216;Together Columbus 2017 Public Art Project&#8217; .\u00a0Together 2017, in its second year as a community-based campaign initiated by the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, will invest nearly $140,000 in Rotary Park along the Chattahoochee RiverWalk south of downtown and a multi-faceted art project that combines murals with poetry.<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-2244-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ledge-Interview-Mural.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ledge-Interview-Mural.mp3\">http:\/\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Ledge-Interview-Mural.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/southern-blues-web.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-2271 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/southern-blues-web.jpg?resize=750%2C378\" alt=\"\" width=\"750\" height=\"378\" data-id=\"2247\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/southern-blues-web.jpg?w=768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/southern-blues-web.jpg?resize=300%2C151&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Najee&#8217;s piece is titled \u00a0&#8216;My lonely heart escaped its Southern Blues&#8217; and was derived from the an excerpt from the poem\u00a0\u201cMy River Valley\u201d, \u00a0written by\u00a0Northside High School theater instructor Isiah M. Harper. The mural will be installed in the historic <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ledger-enquirer.com\/news\/local\/article161224783.html\">Liberty District<\/a>, Columbus, GA.<\/p>\n<style>.mcclatchy-embed{position:relative;padding:40px 0 56.25%;height:0;overflow:hidden;max-width:100%}.mcclatchy-embed iframe{position:absolute;top:0;left:0;width:100%;height:100%}<\/style>\n<div class=\"mcclatchy-embed\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ledger-enquirer.com\/news\/local\/article190031199.html\/video-embed\" width=\"640\" height=\"400\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"caption-text\">Isiah Harper, a local author and Northside High School teacher, joined others Friday morning in a reading of his poem &#8220;My River Valley&#8221; during an &#8216;unveiling&#8217; ceremony where Together 2017 announced a $139,000 investment in projects for the Columbus\/Phenix City\/Fort Benning region. Harper was commissioned to create a poem about the community that will serve as the inspiration for four artists to paint murals based on lines from the poem. Garry Pound, Sally Bradley, Najee Dorsey and Butch Anthony are the artists selected for the project. <\/span><span class=\"photographer\">Mike Haskey<\/span> <span class=\"credits\">The Ledger-Enquirer.<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1>Who is Horace King:<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2248 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/media-archive.blackartinamerica.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/220px-Horace_King_circa_1855-214x300.jpg?resize=242%2C340\" alt=\"\" width=\"242\" height=\"340\" data-id=\"2248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/220px-Horace_King_circa_1855.jpg?resize=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1 214w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/earthexhibitions.org\/media-archive\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/220px-Horace_King_circa_1855.jpg?w=220&amp;ssl=1 220w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><b>Horace King<\/b>\u00a0(reference in the BAIA Talks interview)\u00a0(September 8, 1807 \u2013 May 28, 1885) was an American architect, engineer, and bridge builder.\u00a0King is considered the most respected bridge builder of the 19th century Deep South, constructing dozens of bridges in Alabama, Georgia, and Mississippi.\u00a0Born into slavery in South Carolina in 1807, King became a prominent bridge architect and construction manager in the Chattahoochee River Valleyregion of Alabama and Georgia before purchasing his freedom in 1846.<\/p>\n<p>He also constructed lattice truss bridges in the style of Ithiel Town at every major crossing of the Chattahoochee River and over every major river in the Deep South between the Oconee and Tombigbee.\u00a0King also became active in politics, being elected and serving as a Republican member of the Alabama House of Representatives\u00a0from 1868 to 1872.<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 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