Title: Ethereal Grace
Artist: Monica Stewart
Edition: Open Edition Offset
Size: 30 x 32 inches
Retail Price: $40.00
Our Price: $32.00

Monica Stewart’s latest release is entitled Ethereal Grace.  As usual, she has created another beautiful work of art featuring an African American woman, as only she can, in her own unique style.  Add her latest work to your collection!

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During this exhibit Justin Bua will premiere some of his latest works.  These works will feature such well known personalities as Jay-Z and DJ Kool Herc.  We hope to see you there!

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The Wassu Stone Circles of Gambia are our choice for our latest African American and African monuments feature that we post on our blog from time to time.  These monuments were selected in honor of Gambia’s national independence day which was celebrated on Feb. 18, 2010.  The Wassu Stone Circles are actually located in Gambia and Senegal but were erected by the same ethnic group and any separation now is simply due to the way the countries were divided in Africa during its European colonization/occupation.  There are currently more than 1,000 stone circles in the region and the stones that make up the circles weigh up to ten tons and are up to eight feet tall.  The stone circles are located by burial mounds and are considered to have a funerary purpose.  They are made of laterite and were fashioned skillfully by iron tools.  These stone circles, according to United Nation’s Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, were created by a “highly organized, lasting and prosperous society”.  UNESCO recently added the Wassu Stone Circles to the World Heritage List due to it being a megalithic region whose “size, consistency, and complexity appears to be unrivaled anywhere in the world”.  Currently, it is tradition for the citizens of Gambia to leave small rocks on top of the stones and some of the stones are said to shine brightly at night.

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 Enjoy this slideshow featuring images of the Wassu Stone Circles!

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Books & Other Gifts

This week’s featured art print comes from James Loveless, a talented artist that is currently based in St. Louis, Missouri.  He has created a wide variety of fantastic art prints during the course of his career and one of his most popular prints is entitled “Faithful Touch”.  Below you will find the history of the print as described by James Loveless wife:

Let me share with you some background on the print below called, Faithful Touch.   A young woman called me, looking for a print called, The Hem of His Garment.  I found the print  and informed the young lady, that if she mailed me photographs of herself and maybe of her husband wearing a robe with sandals on, my husband could paint an original portrait of the concept. She mailed me photographs of herself and sent photographs of her husband wearing a robe and said we could paint the original on one condition:  that we remove the corns and callouses from her husbands feet!   (lol)   Thus, Faithful Touch was created!

Below you will find an image of Faithful Touch.  This print is now available as a Canvas Giclee at the reduced price of $180.00.  This same print previously retailed for $300.00.  A great print at a great price.  Get yours today!

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“Mama Miti: Wangari Maathai and the Trees of Kenya” by Donna Jo Napoli and illustrated by Kadir Nelson is our featured book of the week due to the works of art created by Mr. Nelson for the children’s book and its ethnic theme.  Below you will find a summary of the books contents, sample images from the book and much, much more.

Book Summary

Wangari is from Mount Kenya.  She grew up there learning about the land and the people that inhabited it.  Since she was a child, Wangari always had a love for trees.  There were so strong and beautiful and they always made her smile.

Wangari began planting trees to strengthen her spirit and soul.  She also encouraged  the women who came to her for help to do the same.  Wangari changed her country by planting tree after tree until the countryside was filled with trees and Kenya was strong.

This book is inspired by Wangari Maathai, the 2004 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.  It will educate, touch and and inspire all who read it.  It’s author is Donna Jo Napoli and the book is illustrated by Kadir Nelson.  His incredible collage illustrations brighten the book and honor the land and the woman who saved it.

One woman. One seed.
One hope for the future.

Thayu nyumba — Peace, my people.

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Images from the Book

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The Creators of the Work

Kadir Nelson – Illustrator

Donna Jo Napoli – Author

About Wangari Maathai

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 Wangari Muta Maathai is a Kenyan environmental and political activist. She was educated in the United States at Mount St. Scholastica College and the University of Pittsburgh, as well as the University of Nairobi in Kenya. In the 1970s, Maathai founded the Green Belt Movement, an environmental non-governmental organization focused on the planting of trees, environmental conservation, and women’s rights. In 2004 she became the first African woman, and the first environmentalist, to receive the Nobel Peace Prize for “her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace.” She is of Kikuyu ethnicity.

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Other Books Illustrated by Kadir Nelson

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