Harlem Renaissance Cotton Comes to Harlem Mural Installation Project
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| Installation by brother RA, geometric design elements by students of Mack Road Community Center, participating in the mural training. |
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| Shonna McDaniels, Oakdale Elementary in school and Part District installation, funded in part by the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission, and the Oakdale Park District. |
Shonna McDaniels's Executive Director/Artist/Muralist
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| Examples of the geometric abstract and mask images are found in Jones's works. |
This summer I am joining six amazing artists Marshall Dean Bailey, Gerry Simpson, Alpha M. Bruton, Milton Bowens, Daphne Burgess to work on an artist in residency project in Sacramento California, a city where I received all my training, shaping, and modeling.
Also, visiting the AIR was the artist that formed the Celebrations Arts Visual Arts, and the Visual Arts Development Project.
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| Tony Collie perry and Felicia Ruke |
Want to join me in making a difference? I'm raising money to benefit National Academic Youth Corps Inc (National Academic Youth Corp) DBA Sojourner Truth African Heritage Museum, and any donation will help make an impact. Thanks in advance for your contribution to this cause that means so much to me.
The Vision:
We acknowledge that art an essential, encompassing life element- has the ability to produce an environment with the productive cultural exchange of ideas.
Our Mission:
Our mission is to open minds and change lives through the exploration and celebration of African American history, experiences, and culture through art education and outreach.
The Project: (Community Mural Beautification and Educational Workshops)
A Marcus Garvey Quote ( A people without the knowledge of their past history, origin, and culture is like a tree without roots.)
Sojourner Truth Museum will kick off July 15th through Dec 15th. Artists working with the museum will provide a series of work-study sessions incorporating film documentaries from the artist of the Harlem Renaissance time period to youth at the Mack Road Valley High Community center. Youth who attend this center will learn about Jazz artists, visual artists, Poets, and Writers who impacted their community through the arts. August 31st we will kick off a community celebration called “Cotton Comes to Harlem” and invite the entire community to come and paint with muralists to create murals inspired by the artist of that time period.