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UU Urban Ministry’s Roxbury Artist Amplification Project featuring Artists of Color
This artist directory featuring independent artists of color is the fifth edition through the Artist Amplification Project of the UU Urban Ministry. We hope this directory will be a resource for artists and people who would like to support their art
practices.
This catalogue represents the work of each artist, but we encourage you to visit their websites for a full list of
available items.
All images are protected by copyright. No download, copying, or use of any kind is permitted without the express permission of the artist.
Thank you to the Polly Thayer Starr
Charitable Trust for their continued support.
Featured Artists
Insta: @keyseangelo
Keyse Angelo
Keyse Angelo is a jewelry designer based in Boston, MA, drawing inspiration from her Brazilian heritage and a lifelong passion for creativity. From a young age, she discovered the joy of crafting with materials that sparked her imagination, a foundation that continues to influence her work today.
Keyse's jewelry pieces uniquely blend modern and vintage beads collected since her arrival in the US at the age of 6. Each creation boasts distinctive movements and color combinations, ensuring they garner countless compliments.
Zahirah Truth
A multifaceted artist with an art practice that is varied via paintings, murals, jewelry, and performance. Striving to create art that invokes joy, representation, empowerment, and thought. Known as a facilitator, innovator, and motivator. She found her true love of the arts in 2005 after taking on the artful journey of motherhood. There something was sparked in her and she began painting and claimed her throne as an artist.
Link to Shop : https://www.zntarts.com/store?category=Accessories
$25.00
This beautiful set can serve as reminder for sacred space, place them in your window sill, by your bed or carry them on your person.
$225.00
Part of the Ultra Black Collection Represents the warmth of a father's love for his son. That love propels that little boy to create magic in the world. 11x14 Digital illustration gallery wrap canvas print, archival quality, matte finish, wired ready to hang for instant art in your home or office.
Kiss Me
$65.00
The Love is Love Collection is a reminder that who we love can be fluid. The only rules that apply is ones that are between you and your love. Original Artwork is watercolor, graphite with some digital enhancements. Limited Edition Flat Canvas Print 8.5x11 inches ships with Artist Certificate Card
$225.00
Part of the Ultra Black Collection Is a tribute to our living ancestors and those that have moved on. Black Excellence is in our homes and hearts. In the minds of our elder matriarchs and the stories and lives that have lived. Their hands have dried tears, cooked wholesome meals and fought for our right to be here now. 11x14 Digital illustration gallery wrap canvas print, archival quality, matte finish, wired ready to hang for instant art in your home or office.
$45.00
$22.00
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Susan Thompson
Currently, I am an artist in residence in the African American Artists in Residernce Program (AAMARP) at Northeastern University. I have exhibited widely in Boston and in other parts of the world. I have participated in major cultural exchange projevts and have created several important public art pieces.
I am an art quilter who transforms fabric by printing, dying, waxing painting, embellishing and sewing. Throuigh this medium, I attempt to create designs,tell stories and strive to communicate the struggle and sould of my people. Art enables me to express the deep and abiding love which fires life.
theartofsusanthompson.com
Miro's Red Moon
$3,000
Leaving the Garden
$2,000
Satin Doll
$1,500
Still Life with Ancestor
$2,500
Zina Worley
Zina Worley, a Boston native, was born into a family where sewing was a part of their daily lives. By the time she entered high school she was designing and creating garments that allowed her to express a unique fashion style and originality.
During the 80’s, Zina participated in fashion shows at various hotels in Boston's Back Bay. Stretching her designing skills, she began to create sportswear replicas of a Neiman Marcus brand for clients and added her unique fashion creativity. The clients commented that the replicas looked better than the originals.
Link to Shop: https://www.zworley.com/shop
Insta: zfashionaccents
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ALEX 2
$175.00
Milk chocolate leather with shades brown ostrich leather is an exquisite combination for a crossbody bag. Perfect size for the essentials also an Epipen if needed
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$350.00
This pouch is a must-have for your daily essentials and fits perfectly with any style of bag you're carrying for the day.
Ngoc-Tran Vu
A multimedia artist and strategic consultant with over 15 years of experience. Her work combines socio-cultural advocacy with sustainable impact. She uses an artistic lens to help local and national organizations fulfill their mission through program development, communication, and storytelling. Her work is funded through competitive grants, fundraising, donations and consulting services.
Link to Shop: https://www.tranvuarts.com/merchandise
Insta: tranvuarts
Hakim Raquib
Hakim Raquib is a visual artist, active in Boston, who has photographed a spectrum ranging from individuals to the architectural ruins around the world, using the medium for personal expression.
For purchase inquiries contact Hakim
Lisa Lee
I am a multi-media Maker, proficient in a number of disciplines. Among these are literary, performance, sculptural, audio-visual, and wearable. The nature of my practice is such that, combinations of art forms amalgamate into multi-media installation, or simply, in a craft fair booth (Which, in my view, is also installation).
I create with a generous measure of vulnerability. I'm going ALL the way in! That is what breathes life into the layers of my work. EVERYTHING is conceptual, and expresses, a more sub-surface thing (occasionally discovered when a work is finished)! I assert that few things are more satisfying than something awe-inspiring, born of that, right in my hand! The Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts, and Massachusetts College of Art and Design, are where these attributes have been fostered.
Link to shop: lisaleeofboston.com
Insta: artisanlisaleeofboston
I Send You 7 Songs: A Collection of Love Songs with a Little Surprise
Love, when true, makes the heart sing! I Send You 7 Songs is a collection of poems that both celebrates, and gives words to sentiments deeply felt when in love. Written by Artisan and Author Lisa Lee of Boston, who regards herself rich, for experiencing the electricity of mutually shared love with another! This collectible book is a go-to, and a must-have for those needing a renewed hope in, rekindling, or already basking deeply in the epicenter of love! Upon opening I Send You 7 Songs, you'll find there's a place to write the name of the one, or the couple you're gifting it to, along with the date. This makes a very memorable gift for occasions such as, Valentine's Day, an engagement, a wedding, a renewal of vows, a romantic date night, the rekindling of a love, a birthday, or just because! Reading any of these pieces aloud, at any of these occasions adds an elegant touch. Also, flip through the book rapidly to animate the music notes!
Reggie Jackson
Founder and president of Olaleye Communications, Inc., located in Boston.
Dr. Jackson serves as a consultant to artists and scholars who are conducting visual and cultural research related to African retentions in the Americas. Dr. Jackson holds a Ph.D. in Visual Anthropology and Communications from Union Institute, a MFA and a BFA from Yale University, a MSW from the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and the AAS degree from RIT in Graphic Arts and Printing.
For over 40 years, Dr. Reginald L. Jackson, an educator and visual artist, has conducted visual research within the African Diaspora. He has documented African retentions in Ghana, Nigeria, Cuba and Brazil.A prolific exhibitor, he has participated in over 150 exhibitions including Ghana, China and Brazil.
Jackson’s work can be found in the permanent collection of prestigious institutions such as the MIT Museum, the Studio Museum in Harlem, the Boston Athenaum, the Bowdoin Museum of Art, the RISD Museum of Art, Yale University Art Gallery, Simmons College and Amherst College
Contact Reggie for purchase inquires
Cape Coast, Ghana
32’’ x 24’’ Iris print
$2500 | $2800
Un-framed | Framed
Olorun
$6500 | $6000
Un-framed | Framed
Malika Crichlow
Designs by Malika Studio - Over 40 years experience
Starting in the late 70's, I turned what was a hobby into a business venture.
Fast Forward! This path has led to creating dynamic handcrafted pieces. Here at the Designs by Malika Studio every order is a journey to assist art seekers in completing the look or creating a center piece that catches the eye. We are here to make casual dressing special, enhance your business look or perfect an evening out.
Link to shop: http://designsbymalika.com
Napoleon Jones-Henderson
Napoleon Jones-Henderson wields color as an instrument of expression which he equates to a musician’s use of tone and sound – meaningfully contrasting, pairing, and creating hues that generate “visual music”. He works across mediums, speaking to larger themes of uplift and connectivity. Jones-Henderson’s passion for music translates to his artistic practice and is thematically present in many of his pieces.
For item availability, contact Napoleon*
Link to website: nappyhenderson@hotmail.com
Engungun for Duke
Akian Family Group
Bogaloo Yazoo
Boogie Woogie Trio