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In 2008, twins Alan and Aaron Hicks refurbished a painting at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church. When the church caught fire April 15, the brothers decided they would create a new, better mural in a new facility.
Jasmine Sanders on the Black Romantic Aaron Hicks, Daniel in the Lion’s Den, 2000, lacquer and acrylic on canvas, 30 × 36". I WAS RAISED BY MY GRANDMOTHER in the Robert Taylor Homes, a housing project on Chicago’s South Side, but frequently stayed at the home of my aunt Rosemary Jarrett, my grandmother’s oldest daughter. When my adoption was finalized, my birth certificate and other documents indelibly amended, my aunt became, legally, my sister, a novel relation that would be indispensable, steadying. My aunt had back then a marvelously fil...