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New Year, Newsletter

1/27/2023

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CLICK HERE TO CHECK OUT CHAHTA NOIR'S FULL JANUARY 2023 NEWSLETTER!

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The C.R.E.A.M. Workshop @KMAC

6/10/2022

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This year Louisville is hosting the 30th Annual Southern Fried Poetry Slam. Thanks to Mr. SpreadLove and Stevon I am hosting a workshop for writers & artists at KMAC (715 W Main St, Louisville, KY 40202).

One part of the workshop deals with writing proposals. You can visit my LINKTREE for the full presentation (free for a limited time) and I included proposal tips below:

CHAHTA NOIR GRANT TEMPLATE
1. PROJECT DESCRIPTION                    
  • SUMMARY: Explain your project in 1 sentence. This one sentence should describe your solution to a problem and answer who, what, when, where, and/or why as needed. EXAMPLE: The CREAM workshop will gather Southern writers to teach budgeting and fundraising  skills.
  • DETAILED EXPLANATION: Now you can go deep (Shoutout to DVSN). We need to know about the problem you’re solving and how the funding source’s ideas about the world connect with your project. Write a word document or google doc draft BEFORE you type directly in a grant form so you can check spelling, grammar, and word count. Most online submission options have a character or word limit.
  • CONNECTION TO THE FUNDING SOURCE: This should be specific to the organization’s mission, and/or recent milestones. Research the organization’s leaders. How do their goals  align with your vision?
  • PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: List SPECIFIC ways you’ve grown as an artist/writer. Sometimes you can link to your resume, videos of your performances, or photos that demonstrate your growth.
2. BUDGET                                
click here for the chahta noir linktree & budget template

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I'm Looking Forward

3/1/2022

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I don't yet have a handle on what I'm looking forward to. There was something about that 70 degree day in the Winter that reminded me anything is possible. Last Thursday I de-installed my first solo exhibition "Something in the Water" at the Speed Art Museum and I'm preparing for two group shows. A colleague invited me to apply for another residency and I caught the tail end of a deadline extension for the Kentucky Center for African American Heritage.

​Thanks to Today's Woman I got a feature in their January issue and Terra Leavell hooked me up with an event where I sold $1500 worth of my art in one day at the 1619 Gathering Space. This summer I'll be teaching a Juneteenth arts camp with Louisville Visual Arts and a few of my Something in the Water collection pieces will be featured in the Carnegie Center for Arts & Humanity.

I am writing all this to make sure I celebrate the wins. 

Being an artist can be tumultuous. There are times when we feel lost or unsure. It's amazing how things can change so quickly in such. short period of time. I am committed to celebrating my success. Out loud. I invited you to do the same.

Enjoy the journey.
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How To Write a Great Artist Statement

12/10/2021

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Raise your hand if you LOVE writing artists statements!

Exactly.

Rarely does someone enjoy the precess. Personally, I've written hundreds of artist statements, cover letters, references, reviews, and bios for other people, but when it comes to writing my own artist statement it tends to take me 2 or 3 days to even get started. 

Here are 5 things that can help when writing an artist statement.

1. DESCRIBE YOUR SPECIFIC PROCESS. Sometimes your process is all magical with prayer crystals and stars and quasars and whatnot. More often, though, your process is a bit mundane or repetitive. There is value in every type of creative process. In one artist statement I described how I painted while home schooling my son. That collaborative effort between me and my son (at the time he was a toddler) informed my work. While having a child limited my work in some ways, it also amplified a deficit in many fine arts spaces. My artist statement became centered around navigating that challenge.

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Indigenous Artist Spotlight: Edmonia Lewis

11/9/2021

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I remember learning about Rembrandt and Picasso in high school. They were revered as the sort of artists we should aspire to be. I didn't learn about a single Indigenous artist. This month I want to share some of the Native artists I've learned about this year. While I am Choctaw, the artists featured in this limited series will include Indigenous groups from all over the land that we now call the U.S.

So let's get to know Edmonia Lewis. She is probably best known for her 1864 bust of Colonel Robert Shaw. Col. Shaw who died leading the all-Black 54th Massachusetts Regiment.

Her mother was Chippewa and her father was a freed Black man. Sadly, she lost her parents and was orphaned at a very young age. Her brother was an incredible supporter of her education and career. He go her through primary school and college.
What resonated with me while learning about her was that she was accused of poisoning her white roommates. This led to her expulsion. My initial thought was that either she was falsely accuse or scapegoated like Emmett Till. Also like Till, she was beaten by a white mob. Thankfully she survived and went on to become the very first Indigenous and the first Black sculptor who was internationally recognized.

Edmonia Lewis passed away in 1907, but there aren't really details about what happened. Like Alberta Odell Jones, we still don't know who killed her. Right now there are hundreds of missing and murdered Indigenous women. 

The photos below are from the
Wikimedia Commons free media repository.

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SPEED ART MUSEUM ANNOUNCES SHAUNTRICE MARTIN TO BE COMMUNITY CONNECTIONS ARTIST-IN-RESDIENCE

3/24/2021

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