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He received his education from Alabama State College and then attended Howard University where he studied under Alain Locke, Sterling Brown and James A. Porter. He obtained his MFA at the University of Southern California. At Alabama he received commissions for large paintings and murals as a student. He was described as a \"black bohemian\" at the time, often seen wearing a beret, talking jive, carrying a bottle \"in one pocket\" and talking about music and art. While living in Atlanta his studio space was located at the Institute of the Black World's second building. He lived at Paschal's Motor Lodge Hotel, where if he was unable to make rent he would trade artwork with one of the Paschal brothers in exchange. Bailey spoke with slurred speech, which was due to his heavy use of drugs and alcohol. Bailey was described as taking pills then drinking, spending his money on \"a full pint of scotch\" or vodka. 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His artworks have been featured in exhibitions at the Arnika Dawkins Gallery, The Columbus Museum, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, David C. Driskell Center, the Charles H. Wright Museum; Syracuse University; the African American Museum in Dallas, TX; Houston Museum of African American Culture, the Marietta Museum of Art, FL; Clark Atlanta University Museum, the University of Arkansas Library and Liberty Bank Trust Company in New Orleans, LA. 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The work belongs to Najee Dorsey, a self-described \"documentarian of history and culture.\" \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDorsey is one of 143 artists appearing in this year's show. An annual tradition since 1932, it's the nation's oldest outdoor art show. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDorsey's work makes the show feel as fresh as ever. The artist feels it's his duty to engage the community in discussion and reflection on political and social issues. 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Artistic portraits feature individuals including Haitian freedom fighter Toussaint L'Ouverture Renditions and Claudette Colvin, known for resisting bus segregation before the better-known Rosa Parks incident. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #333333; font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13; line-height: normal;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTo create the intensely colorful mixed-media paintings, Dorsey starts by creating a digital collage of found imagery. He builds on this base with layers of ripped paper, paint and found objects to give each vignette the illusion of depth. The signage, license plates, bottle caps, dominoes and plastic bags used in the work make history feel tangible. 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She has taught drawing and painting in the Lamar Dodd School of Art at the University of Georgia. Jackson’s dramatic paintings speak of the hardships of African Americans through her distinctive voice. The artist’s work references European traditions, African American music and literature, surrealism, social issues around race, and her life’s own narrative. Jackson has been the recipient of several individual grants from Georgia Council for the Arts and a Special Projects Grant from the National Endowment of the Arts. 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Ellis is self-taught and boldly blends realism and impressionism in his work, evoking nostalgia and inspiration. It's not folk art, but \"Tedism\", his own unique style of art. T. Ellis art celebrates the traditional values of his  African-American culture and lifestyle, which is a vital part of the tapestry of American history. Ted Ellis captures that lifestyle on canvas, the man, lives the life he paints about. He is cementing himself in history as one of those Famous African-American artists you so often read about.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe generously contributes time and artwork to various causes:\u003cbr\u003eUnited Way, ICLS, African American Visual Arts Association, Jack and Jill, Incorporated, United Negro College Fund, Heritage Christian Academy, and Public school districts around the globe.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEllis’ involvement in the community as an art advocate and educator has earned him recognition from numerous organizations and city officials. Ellis’ latest exhibit entitled, “Capturing Our Culture And Heritage” encompasses the diversity and cultural similarities of all Americans. This exhibit is planned travel across the country, visiting Chicago, New York, Mississippi, and New Orleans, and many more cities. 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Major corporations have commissioned Ellis; A few of which include: Walt Disney Studios, The Minute Maid Company, Coca-Cola, Phillip Morris, and Avon, Incorporated.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003col\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEllis famous African-American paintings has also been featured on local and regional television programs, in magazines such as Upscale, Southern Living, and Newsweek, and is frequently featured in newspaper articles throughout the country. 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The award recognizes an individual who, in keeping with Dr. King’s ideals of promoting social justice, peace and equality, is providing the type of vision, courage and leadership that seeks to improve the quality of life for all. Others receiving awards at the banquet include Chief Ken Swindle, Realizing the Dream Call to Conscience Award, and Tyler Merriweather, Realizing the Dream Horizon Award.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font-size-3\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eDr. Art Bacon was born in West Palm Beach. His talent for art was recognized early and he won several prizes and awards before he graduated from high school. Bacon attended Talladega College where he earned an A.B. in biology. He also enrolled in a couple of art courses taught by David C. Driskell. At the end of his junior year he won the College’s Armstrong Award for Creativity Ability. During his senior year Bacon was severely beaten for sitting in the “wrong” waiting room at the Anniston Alabama Train Station. In graduate school at Howard University Bacon's involvement in art was limited to illustrations for scientific papers. He received the M.S. and Ph.D., in 1963 and 1967, respectively and is credited with discovering a new species.  \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"font-size-3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFollowing postdoctoral research at the University of Miami, Bacon returned to his alma mater as chair and member of the biology faculty. In his first professional art competition, and the only African American in the exhibit, he won second prize and sold thirty ink washes. He has since exhibited many places including major cities such as New York and Atlanta. One of his earlier exhibits, 1999, was Artists (4) in the City at Cinque Gallery in New York City. Later, 2011, he was one of 44 nationally selected to participate in Visions of our 44th President on exhibit at the Charles H, Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit. His most recent show—in which he has three pieces--is the Etched in Collective History Exhibit at the Birmingham Museum of Art. The exhibit commemorates the last 50 years of the Civil Rights struggle. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAmong the long list of individual owners of his paintings and drawings are Bill Cosby; U.S. Congressman John Lewis; Hank Thomas, Civil Rights activist and businessman. Institutions and organizations include the Birmingham Museum of Art, Mobile Museum of Art, The Driskell Center, Alabama State University, the State of Alabama, Atlanta University, Fisk University, the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute, Gaylord Opryland and Talladega College. Bacon is also featured in Southern Living, Excellence, and Lakeside magazines, Black Art in America—an online journal, and numerous newspaper articles. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePeople are Art Bacon’s subjects of choice; especially older and neglected people whose experiences show in their faces. In the early days, he worked almost exclusively with the ink wash—lots of lines and very little color. He was a minimalist and believed that color interfered with his expression of feelings. He now uses more color and a number of other media and techniques—often combining several. However, he still like lines, and his palette is still limited. 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Art has given me a gift of living in balance and harmony; I live and love art.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eI welcome you to an imagination of vibrant colors and texture; my style is my own. As a self-taught artist, I spend countless hours exploring new ways to communicate. Working in one medium is not sufficient and does not satisfy me creatively; Figurative, Abstract, and Mixed Media are the languages in which I speak. There is an urgency and intense intimacy as I create. I rely on intuition and release all inhibitions as I create. My body of work is unique and individual, colorful, peaceful, spiritual.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan style=\"line-height: 1.4;\"\u003eEach piece of my art is a love letter I have written to you. 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He attended Brooklyn College and has been acclaimed for his creation of the “Rollcubistic” style of portraying human form. This unique technique of painting encompasses the use of round sphere-like balls patterned to form a humanistic figure. His use of color combination and depth creates a lavish and illuminating affect. Walton’s work can be found in public and private collections throughout the United States.\u003cbr\u003eHis early works featured collages showing the mean streets and the reality of hard economic conditions characteristics of the Civil Rights Era. By the late 1970’s, Walton social messages grew more surrealistic and became manifested in his “Rollcubistic” style. Walton’s abstract visions show the imprint of three principle influences: William Dekooning, Jackson Pollock, and Romare Bearden.\u003cbr\u003eHe is an Artist who is currently creating new work, regardless of his mood. “Art should be practiced in good, bad, high, or low spirits,” says Walton. 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With the arrival of his draft notice, Gammon joined the Navy and served from 1944-46 with an all black unit stationed in Guam. After the war, he returned to Philadelphia. Though offered a five-year scholarship at Tyler School of Fine Arts, he turned it down so he could help support his family. In 1948, after two years of working and going to school, he left Philadelphia and moved to New York City. To support himself, Gammon took jobs that ranged from sorting mail for the US Post Office, to painting lampshades, to designing advertisement copy for Liften, Gold and Asher. He devoted his evenings and weekends to painting. It was at this time that he met Janice Goldberger (Jonni), whom he later married in 1972.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1963, Gammon was invited to join Spiral, a group of African American artists that included Romare Bearden, Richard Mayhew, Hale Woodruff and Alvin Hollingsworth. Named for the Archimedean geometric construct, the purpose of Spiral was to stimulate an on-going exchange of evolving ideas. In 1965, Spiral held its only group exhibition at the Christopher Street Gallery in New York City. Called \"Black and White\" this show was a pointed statement about the civil rights movement. The exhibit pieces, all in various shades of black and white, included Gammon's \u003cem\u003eFreedom Now\u003c\/em\u003e and Bearden's \u003cem\u003eMysteries.\u003c\/em\u003eThe group disbanded shortly afterwards. In 1969, Gammon and Benny Andrews formed the Black Emergency Cultural Coalition. This highly political group of artists picketed the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Whitney Museum of Modern Art to protest the exclusion of black artists and curators at both institutions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout this time, Gammon landed a teaching job as an \"art expert\" with the New York public schools. 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I paint as a documenter. Painting in three dimensions best conveys my narrative. The thicker the paint, the more emphasis on the object. When introducing myself to new people, I often hesitate to describe myself as “a painter”. My ordinarily lived life is the window through which I observe the subject matter of my work. Subjectively, my interactions and my reaction to things as I experience them bring life to the art. Objectively, the subtle qualities of my experience are preserved when I don’t “break the fourth wall”, so to speak. Together these perspectives offer a balance that is often ironically thrown off the moment I mention that I am an artist. Again, I paint as a documenter; a script and roles obstruct the narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn painting I work to convey not only my outward perspectives but also the internal struggle between myself, the creator, versus my choice of medium and technique. Wanting to make beautiful paintings also brings rise to the question, “what exactly is a beautiful painting”. I find it important to convey things with a certain degree of realism. To do this, I observe “as is”; As the documenter, I am careful not to subject the subjects to fictitious narratives. 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