Tag: artist
‘Jacob Lawrence: The American Struggle’ Exhibit Opens at Birmingham Museum of...
By Javacia Harris Bowser
For the Birmingham Times
On Nov. 20, 2020, the Birmingham Museum of Art (BMA) will shine a light on one of America’s...
Artist Amy Sherald, Who Painted Breonna Taylor For Magazine Cover, to...
By Sydney Melson
The Birmingham Times
The renowned artist commissioned to paint Michelle Obama for the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. in 2018, and...
Artist Erika Mixon: The Art of Healing
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
By day, Erika Mixon of Fairfield, Ala., trains physicians and sometimes hospital staff on how to use electronic medical record...
Justin Slaughter, Self Taught, Wins Congressional Art Competition
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
Justin Slaughter, a recent graduate of Center Point High School, has gone from a self-taught artist to first-place winner in...
Meet Marcus Fetch: The Man Behind Some Of Birmingham’s Notable Murals
By Ameera Steward
The Birmingham Times
When Marcus Fetch arrived in Birmingham in 2012 with $50 to his name, he saw the city as another stop...
Lorenzo Pace, of Pratt City, known internationally for work in Birmingham...
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Birmingham native Lorenzo Pace was present when Richard Arrington took office as the city’s first elected African-American mayor in 1979...
Ronald McDowell: Self-taught artist chosen to create Montgomery’s first MLK statue
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Ronald McDowell is a self-taught artist whose exhibitions have appeared at the New York World Festival, the Martin Luther King...
Mustafa Eke’vu: An artist who looks inward and beyond the material...
By Ariel Worthy
The Birmingham Times
Mustafa Eke’vu sat in Golden Temple Café on the Southside as he spoke to everyone who passed by.
Most of the...
Has Hip-Hop Regained Its Conscious Edge?
By Je’Don Holloway Talley
For The Birmingham Times
What happens when the culture of an entire music genre has been refashioned into a philosophy of ruin...
Local Musician Gives Other Artists Outlet for “Creative Freedom”
By Ariel Worthy
For artists who want to be known for senseless music, they call Young Money. For artists that want their true creativity and...