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INTO THE LIMELIGHT Art showcase at Ogden puts spotlight on HBCU students
BY KIMBERLEY SINGLETARY
Contributing writer
From a modern day reimagining of Biblical figures to an array of moving self-portraits to abstract artwork and vividly hued ceramic masks, the 11th annual HBCU Art Showcase invites visitors to experience some of the best art from New Orleans-area Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Presented by the New Orleans Chapter of The Links, Inc., the collection of works by 32 students from Dillard University and Xavier University of Louisiana spans a variety of mediums, including drawing, painting, photography, printmaking “In an art history and ceramics. On display at the museum through class, I realized Sept. 29, the showcase is I really like the with museum Renaissance period, included admission, which is free especially the to all Louisiana residents Baroque style. It’s every Thursday. For New Orleans navery focused on people, and I love tive Alanni Martin — a graduate of Dilthe use of dramatic recent lard University with a lighting.” degree in visual arts — the showcase represents ALANNI MARTIN, multiple firsts in her burDillard graduate geoning career. “This is the first series I’ve ever painted,” said Martin, who was able to try out a variety of artistic mediums while at Dillard, but found painting to be her favorite. “In an art history class, I realized I really like the Renaissance period, especially the Baroque style,” she said. “It’s very focused on people, and I love the use of dramatic lighting.” Martin decided to make art that is inspired by the Renaissance, but with a modern twist. Each of her series of three acrylic and oil paintings in this year’s showcase portrays a different female biblical figure. “I call the series ‘Tatted,’” she said. “It features Eve, Mary and Jezebel, but they look more modern and have tattoos. I used tattoos as a way of relating the ink on their bodies to the ink used to create the Bible. I think that even if you didn’t know these three women
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The march brought out members of several generations.
MARCHING ORDERS Cigars were seen in the parade, too. Young members of the Valley of Silent Men Social Aid and Pleasure Club took to the streets recently for the club’s 40th annual secondline parade in New Orleans. The parade was dedicated to the memory of Leon ‘BamBam’ Anderson Sr., Kendrick Wells and Sue-Sue.
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Miss Valley Demetris Johnson makes her way through the crowd. Marchers don hats and bow ties.
‘Tatted’ is Alanni Martin’s modern take on women from the Bible. Martin is a recent Dillard graduate.
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