Courtesy Tucson Museum of Art The Tucson Museum of Art recently highlighted local multi-media artist Willie Bonner, whose work has appeared in the museum multiple times. Bonner’s art, which includes paintings and sculptures, serves as an “allegory of what it means to be Black in postmodern America.” This is accomplished in works such as “Cotton” (2018), which was Bonner’s contribution to TMA’s Arizona Biennial 2020 exhibit. The mixed media work on canvas features a cotton plant made entirely of tar and feathers, a fitting allusion to the days of slavery and Jim Crow, and black and white fusing together on a broad sheet, itself made of cotton.
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Cleveland Institute of Music receives $1 million gift for new full-tuition scholarship
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The Cleveland Institute of Music will boost its student scholarships thanks to a new $1 million gift from trustee A. Chace Anderson and his wife, Josie.
The award will be established in the duo s names. Full tuition will be awarded to an outstanding incoming student, according to a recent CIM release.
Officials said it s the latest gift in a string of an uptick of endowment giving, adding that since 2017 they ve received $16.3 million in new pledges and gifts dedicated to CIM s vision for the future of classical music.
Cleveland photographer Amber Ford yearns to photograph people in their light: Black History Month Cameron Fields, cleveland.com
CLEVELAND, Ohio When someone sits for a portrait with Amber Ford, they’re going to be seen their vibe and aura will be captured through the lens.
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Ford regularly produces work where the colors and the lighting complement people well, bringing their light into focus.
“I would say my goal when I’m photographing people is to really take a documentation of that person and kind of photograph them as they are versus like trying to create a persona that’s not real to them,” Ford said.