Portrait Series: John W. Jones
Recently I started to research different time periods throughout history that had ties to important movements in Black history and the role of Elmira (my current town) in each of them. One of the first time periods I decided to dig into was the Abolition Movement of the 1830’s to…
Portrait Series: Mrs. Williams
You would let me follow you around your garden, pointing out each flower and plant and showing me how they’ve grown. A favorite was the money plant, pulling apart the pieces pretending I had countless coins. And also the mint, which grew through your giant flowerbed. I would tip toe…
Fun Fact Friday: The Etruscans and Portraits
I’m still talking about the Etruscans (they are my favorite ancient civilization after all). And this might just be the thing I find most interesting about them! The Etruscans broke away from the generic style of drawing portraits used by the Egyptians and Greeks and began portraying individualized detail of…
