The Ohio-based textile artist crafts portraits of key Civil Rights figures and changemakers in her chosen medium as they practice their hard-won constitutional right to vote.
Title of Work: Voting Rights (2024).
Where to See It: “Whole Cloth: Narratives in Black and White,” at Claire Oliver Gallery (2288 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, New York, NY).
Three words to describe it: Strong. Provocative. Thoughtful.
What was on your mind at the time: As an African American born and raised in the Jim Crow segregated South, I was thinking of all the sacrifices Civil Rights workers made so Black people could have the right to vote.
September 5, 2024
