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                                                                                                                                                        The Green line (stripe) or Madame Matisse by Henri Matisse.1905.      Series Two  Day one of “ Time, Creativity, Inner belief, Flexibility, Determination, and Perseverance.” The Green Line, or Madam Matisse by Henri Matisse Before I talk about This painting and how it connects to today. I would like to look at the words of my theme and how “ Time, Creativity, Inner belief, Flexibility, Determination and Perseverance” are vital ingredients to this time of change. I would also like to establish a baseline. That the route cause of racism in all its forms is White Supremacy and greed!. At this point I can hear many of my white democratic friends say, myself included” Well that's not me! “ I go to a multicultural church” I hold my brother and sisters hand during “the peace! ” I use politically correct terms! “ “I believe in racial
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Looking at Art and Racism: Changing people's belief of the world using Art, Series One Day 7

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                                                                 Series One,  Day 7 "Realization" by Augusta Savage Augusta Savage was born in 1892, as one of fourteen children in Florida to a very poor family. It is known that one of her first sculptures as a child was a duckling family, which she made out of natural clay found in her hometown and would most likely have been her toy. Her life was not an easy one and as an African American woman, who left her children with her parents to pursue her beloved art, in 1920, it never could be. It is said she arrived in Harlem with less than five dollars in her pocket! What belief in self, what passion drove her to make such a risky move! Augusta Savage was a major influence in the Black Harlem Renaissance. She taught some of its greats including Jacob Lawrence, Norman Lewis, and Gwendolyn Knight. There are three reasons why she is not remembered today. They are Poverty, racism, and the fact that sh
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Looking at Art and Racism: Changing people's belief of the world using Art, Series One Day Six

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                                       Empress of the Blues by Romaire Bearden Day 6, Empress of the Blues by Romaine Bearden Romaire Bearden was known as "Romie " to his friends and family. He was born in Charlotte North Carolina in 1912 but moved when he was young to Harlem NY. His parents were politically active and W.E.B. Du Bois, Langston Hughes, Duke Ellington, and Romie's cousin Charles Alston were among the artists and activists that visited the Bearden's home. It was the time of the Harlem Renaissance, a time of great promise after the Great Migration from the south (which occurred from 1916-1970. It was a time where artists encouraged each other. A time when even though African Americans still struggled to have their work shown in galleries because of racism and had to have a fulltime (often menial) job to support their art. It was a time they believed in themselves and each other and the possibility of change. It was sweet when listening to Faith Ringgo
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Looking at Art and Racism: Changing people's belief of the world using Art, Series One Day Five.

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                       " I am with you                         But the history walks                         With me too!"                                                 Quote from Jean Michelle Basquiat                                                                                         D ay Five Jean Michael Basquiat' s "Defacement" 1983 Jean Michel Basquiat was a painter in the mid -1980's. He was an incredible colorist. His father was Haitian and his mother Peurto Rican, and Jean Michelle Basquiat was fluent in three languages. He left home at 17, because of differences with his father, an accountant who did not understand his artistic son, and was homeless until he was discovered by Andy Warhol and other artists. He started as a graffiti artist under the tag name "Samo" and tagged poetry all over the village in NYC. before he was well known. He was also homeless, during this time and slept in a cardboard box in the winter. He was friends
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