Category: Artist

Faith Ringgold: The Power of Silence

_________________FAITH  _____________________RINGGOLD   Internationally celebrated artist, mixed media sculptor, writer, lecturer, and activist. “I guess I had fun doing it but it has hard memories for me.“ – Faith Ringgold  by Kailee Elizabeth Cross  Edited by Dale Ricardo Shields  – { 2024 (Edited) Revision }             Faith Ringgold was born on October 8, 1930, in …

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Vinnie Bagwell

         VINNIE                        BAGWELL  by Dale Ricardo Shields      “Vinnie Bagwell was born in Yonkers, New York, and grew up in the Town of Greenburgh in Westchester County. She displayed a remarkable gift for drawing at an early age and developed …

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Stephen Wiltshire – Artist

  Stephen Wiltshire “British architectural artist and autistic savant, as he is known for being able to redraw entire landscapes from memory.  Looking at his drawings knowing such information about his life, will one now look at his drawing with a different perspective?  Would people attribute his talents as a “Super Crip”, or as Barbara …

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Chapman Roberts

 CHAPMAN ROBERTS  By Dale Ricardo Shields   In Celebration of the Creator of Black Stars on Broadway Maestro ~ Producer ~ Composer   (Producers) Black Stars of The Great White Way – A Chapman Roberts Concept started out as a seed, a dream, an idea and manifested as a historical event at the legendary Carnegie …

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Shirley Taylor

SHIRLEY TAYLOR By Dale Ricardo Shields “Born and raised in New York City, Shirley C. Taylor started her professional journey as an arts administrator at the New York Foundation for the Arts and has since built a career leading a variety of arts and cultural education programs throughout New York City: Associate Director for Visual …

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