COVID-19 PAGES Featured Artist – ADJOA J. BURROWES
Adjoa is a visual artist, author, and art educator. She earned a B.F.A. in printmaking from Howard University and an M.A. in Art Education at Corcoran College of Arts. Burrowes has studied with artists in Ghana, Nigeria, Sudan, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. She has authored three children’s books and has illustrated over a dozen. As an educator, she has designed and implemented a series of art and writing workshops and residencies, and her extensive community-based teaching practice includes residencies with at-risk and underrepresented youth and adults. Burrowes’ artwork has been exhibited throughout the U.S. and is represented in collections including the Banneker Douglass Museum of Culture and History, Pyramid Atlantic Art Center, Brooklyn Art Library, The Southside Community Art Center, Art Colle Museum of Collage in Plemet, France, and the Verbeke Foundation in Belgium.
Adjoa’s contribution to COVID-19 Pages is “Say It Loud.”
She says about her work, “The paper sculpture, Say It Loud, was created in 2020 during the height of the worldwide pandemic and the socio-political trauma that resulted. For women of color around the world, COVID-19 laid bare many social inequities and injustices. In spite of multiple challenges, women have continued to sacrifice and make major contributions in efforts to fight the virus, from essential workers to medical practitioners. The title, Say It Loud, references singer, songwriter James Brown’s song, Say It Loud, I’m Black and I’m Proud, produced over 50 years ago as a rallying cry for Black pride and empowerment. The message is still relevant today as strong Black women make relevant contributions in all arenas of society. The sculpture stands as a monument to their strength.”
To visit the exhibition, click here: https://wellsinternationalfoundation.org/covid-19-pages-exhibit/To visit COVID-19 PAGES: The Influence & Inspiration of Women, click on the following link: https://wellsinternationalfoundation.org/covid-19-pages-exhibit/
