tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.comments2016-04-19T23:10:30.693-05:00Art & RacenotesAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04059265033243866636noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-88067118184037872852016-04-19T23:10:30.693-05:002016-04-19T23:10:30.693-05:00I saw it Sunday and I was smh!I saw it Sunday and I was smh!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02699016771297758541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-32732437967453082182016-04-19T23:08:51.300-05:002016-04-19T23:08:51.300-05:00I saw it Sunday and I was smh!I saw it Sunday and I was smh!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02699016771297758541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-32308256064388135492016-04-19T21:30:14.781-05:002016-04-19T21:30:14.781-05:00Wow... I've been very anxious to see the film....Wow... I've been very anxious to see the film... Even though I'm "Mad at Miles" ��billie simonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09571693348221454183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-21433549323962376672016-04-19T12:42:46.523-05:002016-04-19T12:42:46.523-05:00Hmmm....interesting viewpoint.Hmmm....interesting viewpoint.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12983157664624336981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-10500458098931746312015-01-11T15:13:09.104-06:002015-01-11T15:13:09.104-06:00Thank you for that Vicki, your words always tow th...Thank you for that Vicki, your words always tow the line for me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09697339625497284291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-30074878931875028782015-01-09T11:35:16.962-06:002015-01-09T11:35:16.962-06:00Brilliant!Brilliant!Charley Moonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10803086099811087416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-86790880649568645672015-01-09T09:12:45.845-06:002015-01-09T09:12:45.845-06:00Bravo,Dr.Meeks well said. Keep on Pushing.Bravo,Dr.Meeks well said. Keep on Pushing.tierney malonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04949882719596343779noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-90297201456855749082013-11-22T19:13:12.745-06:002013-11-22T19:13:12.745-06:00One need only read this to understand authenticity...One need only read this to understand authenticity. Vicki do no stop telling the truth. You are an example to everyone. I love you.<br /><br />Beverly<br />Beverlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15699283238199954704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-45377312826706745572013-11-22T14:36:09.239-06:002013-11-22T14:36:09.239-06:00Well done! This was history right here, I knew non...Well done! This was history right here, I knew none of this information about you. *I will be publishing this via ART | library deco if that is cool. <br /><br />Best,<br /><br />kYmUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16342324639224864246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-12741223946906089102013-11-22T14:34:55.523-06:002013-11-22T14:34:55.523-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16342324639224864246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-91944853277584086952013-04-23T23:08:50.557-05:002013-04-23T23:08:50.557-05:00Excellent and well-stated post! I spotted your blo...Excellent and well-stated post! I spotted your blog through Darryl's Facebook page and I really applaud the work that you are doing in the community. I am working to accomplish similar strides in Fort Worth. Thanks for being a great model to follow!<br /><br />Best, Lauren Cross<br />Director/Curator, WoCA Projects<br />www.wocaprojects.gallereo.comLauren Cross's Art Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17071254375771627532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-74008938545533272752013-03-26T16:42:12.719-05:002013-03-26T16:42:12.719-05:00this would be a great post for black art in americ...this would be a great post for black art in americaUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04502436634835720963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-9876573022386198432013-03-26T06:33:31.716-05:002013-03-26T06:33:31.716-05:00I hate to be cliche but Frederick Douglas said it ...I hate to be cliche but Frederick Douglas said it best: "Power concedes othing without demand"Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01880226095143825441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-32569585665110420002012-06-02T13:31:42.321-05:002012-06-02T13:31:42.321-05:00Beautiful. Lyrical. Authentic. Thank you!Beautiful. Lyrical. Authentic. Thank you!Dr. Janice Franklinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01247177939016349447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-81032286642445376702009-07-03T07:15:53.765-05:002009-07-03T07:15:53.765-05:00Tears Turmoil and Truth.Tears Turmoil and Truth.Dallas Track Factoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15736501399222044848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-87379483067740846342009-05-24T20:54:54.526-05:002009-05-24T20:54:54.526-05:00I can't wait to hear. Just listening to you and Ti...I can't wait to hear. Just listening to you and Tish when you do think back to the trip and seeing the two of you right after it made me want to get on the plane on go that moment. Going back home is something surreal almost. I still talk about my trip to Africa nine years later. I'm way, way over due for a trip.Serena W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08899725312118622702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-22529474552995383442009-01-21T21:54:00.000-06:002009-01-21T21:54:00.000-06:00Looking forward to the read darling.Looking forward to the read darling.Jesus Chairezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05458053489793480128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-67391954911453826782009-01-19T11:48:00.000-06:002009-01-19T11:48:00.000-06:00Vicki, my dear sister friend, I have been to Niger...Vicki, my dear sister friend, I have been to Nigeria, and now have experienced Goree Island through the vivid, painful, but necessary picture you have painted for us. How fitting to take a trip to Africa at this time in history. Continue to tell the story that we need to hear and remember. May 2009 be the beginning of a new era of treating everyone as a human being.Sending you much love,peace and energy to work.---JaniceAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14494320953349491536noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-10299894905553236152009-01-18T12:10:00.000-06:002009-01-18T12:10:00.000-06:00Oh my god, my sister. Your true words are painful ...Oh my god, my sister. Your true words are painful beyond belief. My soul aches with these truths. What it has taken to get to this moment. . .Chola Con Cellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11675128031938069425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-14680918357946361612008-10-05T21:56:00.000-05:002008-10-05T21:56:00.000-05:00I'm sharing this with my colleagues at MACLA. Than...I'm sharing this with my colleagues at MACLA. Thank you Vicki for sharing your thoughts. I sure do remember making Something out of Nothing when I was a kid!bigcarsrulehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286850454260719712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-14042756071340646222008-06-15T02:10:00.000-05:002008-06-15T02:10:00.000-05:00I value art and hope others will soon see the ligh...I value art and hope others will soon see the light.Robert E. Morgan, Jr.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01293788248241722958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-61897287613301418602008-05-09T13:49:00.000-05:002008-05-09T13:49:00.000-05:00Hi Vicki,Being black on the planet causes many of ...Hi Vicki,<BR/><BR/>Being black on the planet causes many of us to go through a lot of introspection about the motivations of White people. Many Black people feel that Whites are doing something to us all the time. Many of them are, but I think the wrong doers are doing something to everybody regardless of race, such as the stuff that politicians do to get elected (Hillary and Bill current examples) or whatever they want want to attain next and there is no stopping them. You cannot stop child molesters, whores, drug abusers, alcoholics, murderers, warmongers or curators, art curators or historians from doing what they do. We must mind our business or continuously be diverted from our goals to tangle with our perceived enemies.<BR/><BR/>We must establish institutions to celebrate our culture and achievements as much as the others who exude the appearance of success, for instance Jewish people. They put institutions in place to receive their prodigy and perpetuate their ideas. We have not done that yet on the scale that gives us the appearance of success. It seems to me that we must do that and not care much about fitting into paradigms that are not supportive. We must continually put our energy into celebrating us then we can sit comfortably at a universal table. <BR/><BR/>I strive to do whatever work I want to do. Many Black and White people have criticized me and my artwork. Many Black people appear to be disrespectful. No American Indians, East Indians, Iraquees, Japanese, Hmong or Hawaiian, etc have criticized me to my face or in the media that I am aware of – only Black or White people. <BR/><BR/>I think we are engaged in politics of black and white in America and probably the world by design. We should not continue to let someone else design traps and drain our energy all the time with the “same ole same ole”. <BR/><BR/>As artists if the others choose what is most provocative to them, we must know it is because they are like us full of likes and dislikes that even we as Blacks in America we don't agree on. Many well known realists thing abstractionists are full of it. Because I do both whenever I want to, I understand the creativity behind both. I love the work of artists who do race themes. Almost all work with non - white faces, symbols or designs can be perceived as stereotypical if one wants to make that case – especially as a put down. <BR/><BR/>White people choose artist in many cases because they are black and want to frame them in that context and that is what they are interested in that day. It is their perspective of what is exciting at that moment. We must not keep dividing our base, being bothered about who Whites are choosing. For me their money invested in my art is my goal just as getting money from others races is good to me. I want to get money from everybody like the oil and energy companies, McDonald’s and Pizza places, etc.<BR/><BR/>I feel we must go for creating the visions that we want. I have tried to connect nationally with many African-American art history scholars, they are not interested at this time. I have to keep working and putting my ideas out there and maybe some day they will be noted, but maybe not. <BR/><BR/>In Milwaukee, I am working on publishing Permission to Paint, Please! as you well know. I am contracted with the UW-Press. The most recent development is that there was a shift in leadership. The new people in our last meeting wanted me to ask somebody else to publish my book because they no longer are interested in publishing the book – they want to get rid of it with the guy who signed the contract. <BR/><BR/>They have some reason, which they tie to money and how much it costs. Well, as Black people we know that White people can always get money - they have far more resources than we. But it is not their history that is at stake of going down the drain, it is the history of Black people at stake. Is it a segment of American history that I am going to fight for until I succeed in establishing our place? You bet I will do that. <BR/><BR/>I know that I must do that. They may not be as patriotic as I am or Ms. Obama to finally feel American. They may not be American enough to make American and world history inclusive, but I am. I believe in the idea that this is a place for me as well as them. They should believe because in their souls, they know that their forefathers brought us here and mated with my forefathers. <BR/><BR/>Historically, we must establish our own places to exhibit and someplace to write about our work. It must be for us - by us. We must work to that end. Then what they do will not impact our identity.<BR/><BR/>I work, sell art and exhibit. I have not gained a national reputation with black or white critics, but I would like to. I want the world to know my work and to want to support me. But I know I must continue to work more than care about all that national stuff. I also must continue to get money legally to pay bills and enjoy comfort such as food, shelter and clothing. <BR/><BR/>I often respond to people ideas about art. I know we are on the planet on personal journeys. We must stay on those journeys and when we have solutions, we can share if we so desire or if it is helpful. <BR/><BR/>What I don't want to do is be engaged in the divisive politics of defining what is good, right, bad or wrong in creativity. I accept that "what I like" may not be “good” or “bad” for or to somebody else. We are all on private roads that sometimes coalesce to make something great historically happen, which we must do for Black people which ultimately benefits the world.Evelyn Patricia Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12191643899499022796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-8128395776677951262008-05-05T18:32:00.000-05:002008-05-05T18:32:00.000-05:00I wanted to really see that exhibit. But couldn't ...I wanted to really see that exhibit. But couldn't make it. I hope to see his work in person at some point in my life. I feel his strength even in a two dimensional format. <BR/>Thanks for sharing.<BR/>ps. I do agree about how hard it is to let some of your people know about what's right in front of their faces. It also get's depressing (well it use to) when they didn't appreciate or try to understand what you were doing as a visual artist and "other" people did. But as I've gotten older, it's not so bad anymore. peace and blessings,Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17371039102519067464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-64331901638202785262008-03-17T04:37:00.000-05:002008-03-17T04:37:00.000-05:00Miz Vick - leave it to you to just remind us of th...Miz Vick - leave it to you to just remind us of the realities we face as women workers in the arts. Working in the sector has been a passion for me as you know - and girl - even on the DARK continent, our sisters have a hard time getting their props!<BR/><BR/>So -- yes we must go the extra mile in our own way to help advance creative women!<BR/><BR/>I love you for so many reasons, but for keeping our minds focused - I respect ya my dear friend!<BR/>MargieMargie Johnson-Reesehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08142707699516146520noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6477632198555889664.post-67699794914709479862008-03-16T20:32:00.000-05:002008-03-16T20:32:00.000-05:00My Dear Sister Vicki, As usual you are there a...My Dear Sister Vicki, <BR/> As usual you are there at the center of the storm. Yes the points you make are still unfortunately, on the agenda. I am sure you saw the NYTimes article some weeks ago in the arts section with the images of Fredrick Douglass and Elizabeth Cady Stanton January 13th. <BR/> The same old issue the same old consequences. Your point about “being labeled Black” is one the somehow folks think that if they don’t call themselves “Black” or look in the or any mirror, then it wouldn’t be so. Sorry you can’t run from yourself, because you will meet yourself every time. <BR/> I will be in touch later and keep on keeping on!!!!!!!<BR/>A Lunta Continua!!!!<BR/>Space is the Place!<BR/>NapoleonNapoleon Jones-Hendersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05037206636876277823noreply@blogger.com