by Farin | Mar 15, 2023 | Art on the Walls
by Carol Hobbs Hughes was born in Joplin, Missouri, but grew up mainly in Lawrence, Kansas. His parents divorced when he was a baby and, because Hughes’ mother traveled seeking employment, he was raised by his maternal grandmother. She instilled in Hughes a...
by Farin | Mar 8, 2023 | Art on the Walls
Hale Aspacio Woodruff was born in Cairo, Illinois and grew up in Nashville, Tennessee. At age 19, he moved to Indianapolis to attend Herron Art School. He supported himself as a cartoonist and with odd jobs. After Herron, he continued painting and succeeding in local...
by Farin | Feb 22, 2023 | Art on the Walls
By Carol Hobbs, Feb. 2023 Never has a group of women deserved fame more than the Gee’s Bend Quilters. Gee’s Bend is a small rural community of African Americans in Wilcox County, West Alabama, and is surrounded on three sides by the Alabama River. Their...
by Farin | Dec 14, 2022 | Art on the Walls
Peace on Earth is the theme for Dec/Jan 2023 Art on the Walls exhibit. This collection of original quilted and appliquéd art demonstrates a wide variety in interpretation of the classic Dove symbol. The five UUCC artists are Connie Cowherd, Lynne Higgins (exhibit...
by Mandy Cowley | Feb 16, 2021 | Art on the Walls
by Carol Hobbs ALVIN AILEY AND THE PAINTING FIX ME JESUS Alvin Ailey. Photo by Eric N. Hong The painting Fix Me Jesus by artist Carol Hobbs depicts dancers in their final position in Fix Me Jesus, a segment in the dance production Revelation, choreographed in 1960 by...
by Mandy Cowley | Feb 8, 2021 | Art on the Walls
Siren of the Resistance by Janice Kennedy, Mixed media, 24 x 12, $115 Josephine Baker, Siren of the Resistance, 1906-1975 Josephine Baker was an accomplished, multi-faceted woman. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, in June 1906, never knowing her...
