The National Conference of Artists New York presents "Amazing Grace"

The National Conference of Artists New York

Presents

“AMAZING GRACE”

February 24 – March 31, 2012

Reception Friday, February 24, 6–9PM

At

The Dwyer Cultural Center

258 St. Nicholas Avenue • New York, NY • 10027        

Entrance on 123rd Street

Between St. Nicholas Avenue and Frederick Douglass Boulevard

212-222-3060

“AMAZING GRACE” is a visual art exhibition of paintings, graphics, sculpture, photography and mixed media art.  The showcase features artworks by artists of African descent located in the New York metropolitan area.  These artists have fused technical, cultural and spiritual elements together to share visions and to tell their stories.  Although their icons and encoding may differ, the images are united in reflecting visions of beauty and harmony.  The artists speak of ancestors, the splendor of nature, places visited and the cohesiveness of color & form.  The images are diverse.  However, there is a recurring theme or feeling of peace & love.  The artists presented here are also eyewitnesses to and give evidence about events and conditions in our lives.  Some of the stories the artists tell are as old as love, itself, but new tools and new observers compose a fresh contemporary visual melody.  “AMAZING GRACE” may be abstract art or realistic in form.  Nevertheless, it is truly cohesive in quality and unified in an African spirit.

Ed Sherman

Curator

List of artists:

Adjua Mantebea, photography

Cecil W. Lee, computer evolved art

Dr. Carolyn Maitland, graphic prints

Harry Lee Henderson, photography

Izell Glover, works on paper or paintings

J.e Franklin, playwright

James Edmonds, paintings & sculpture

Jesse A. Henry, paintings

John Brathwaite, photography

Karl McIntosh, mixed media

L. Gwen Jackson, dolls

Laura R. Gadson, Fiber art, quilts

Otto Neals, paintings

Richard Barclift, mixed media

Wilhelmina Obatola Grant, mixed media