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Archive for September 2010

African Artistry in Clay: Women Potters of the Folona, Mali

It is mid-day. I am positioned with my tripod and camera on a hillock near the edge of the village looking back toward the houses. One by one, women emerge from between mud walls and thatched roofs carrying baskets loaded high with small cooking pots or balancing large storage vessels on heads with strong necks and straight backs. Adolescent girls help their mothers with the larger pots, younger children carry pots that are greater than their small Read More…

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Juan Arroyo

Artist’s Statement
Juan Arroyo, a soft spoken artist with a mission to work constantly on his paintings to achieve the kind of perfection he envisions for his work. Juan has a magical use of color, light and shadow which extends to his imaginative use of perspective. He pays attention to detail and his dots of color dance and sparkle in the light but sit quietly in the shadow, like dancers waiting their turn on stage he has prepared for them. Read More…

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