June 19, 2022
From Hallet Oak Gallery:
“Former art teacher and renowned Black History artist Moses Adams will discuss and display quilts created by his grandmother, Lettie Prince North. Born in 1899 to former slaves, Mrs. Lettie Prince North used One-Patch Postage Stamp Quilt designs. Her quilts have been published in “Collecting African American Art,” by John Hope Franklin and Alvia J. Wardlaw. Naomi Carrier, author of “Go Down, Old Hannah,” founder of the Texas Center for African American Living History (http://www.tcaalh.org), and curator of the Mitchell Museum in Lavaca County will discuss Juneteenth as a reminder of the emancipation from slavery and as a window into the past. She will offer insight into how the past relates to current times. Satori Davis, a Hallettsville High School graduate and student at Sam Houston College, is exhibiting her new artworks. Local Hallettsville artist Gene Grant will share his portrait of Frederick Douglas, leader in the abolitionist movement. About the Speakers: Moses Adams, Jr. was born May 11, 1947, in Los Angeles, CA and moved at an early age to Hallettsville with his grandparents. He attended Hallettsville High School and graduated from Steven Mayo School District in 1966. He received his BA in Art Education from Texas Southern University in 1970 and enlisted in the US Army. Thereafter, he spent 26 years as an art educator in Houston ISD. His is currently working on his life-time legacy, a personal retrospective of rural life during segregation. This includes introducing the African American handmade quilts created solely by his grandmother. The quilts have exhibited at the African American Museum of Dallas; Dallas Museum of Fine Arts; the Museum of Texas Southern University; and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. They will be on sale, and proceeds will go to the North Family Scholarship Fund and to Hallet Oak Gallery.
Naomi Mitchell Carrier graduated from the University of North Texas with a degree in Psychology and Education. She earned a Master’s in Education Leadership at the University of St. Thomas and has done post graduate work at Harvard Graduate School of Education. Her continuing education includes the University of Houston, Tulane University, and the Universities of Texas at Winedale, El Paso, and San Antonio. Mrs. Carrier is a veteran teacher of American and Texas history, music, literature and theatre. Her book, “Go Down, Old Hannah” The Living History of African American Texans, a collection of 15 plays, was commissioned for historic sites around the State of Texas through her theater, Talking Back Living History Theatre. Carrier was the Head of School at St. James Episcopal School in Houston where she directed the Performing Arts Workshop. She has received grants and awards from the National Park Service, National Freedom Center, the National Endowment for the Humanities, Texas Commission on the Arts, Texas Composers Forum, Humanities Texas, The City of Houston, The Brown Foundation, The Meadows Foundation, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, and The Houston Endowment. She is best known as the playwright and composer of the award-winning musical, “I Am Annie Mae.” Satori Davis is currently a senior at Sam Houston State University studying for her Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science – Pre-Veterinary Medicine. She is a 2018 graduate of Hallettsville High School and an award-winning realism and abstract artist. With her passion for drawing animals and wildlife, she delights viewers with her keen eye for composition and detail. Satori uses real objects, people, and animals for subjects to create one-of-a-kind artworks. A true naturalist, she loves to draw things as they are in real life. Winning Best-of-Show twice in the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo Art Contest gave her a scholarship opportunity to attend the Glassell School of Art. Satori also won the Patriotic Art Award through the Lavaca Memorial VFW Auxiliary #6382 three times. She won the 2017 Hallet Oak Gallery’s Art Contest, a 2017 South Central Texas Art League scholarship to attend a portrait workshop; and a 2018 Hallet Oak Foundation scholarship. Her public artwork of an American Flag can be seen in downtown Hallettsville at Glen’s Packing. Satori’s art teacher for four years, Staci Powers, explains, “Satori is an outstanding and hardworking student; I look forward to her future.” Gene Grant is a fourth generation South Central Texan whose great-grandfather helped construct the Lavaca County Courthouse. Gene began as a self-taught artist, originally motivated by the covers of sci-fi fiction paperbacks done by a Peruvian artist Boris Vallejo. Now he paints under Michael Windberg, and he always carries a notebook for doing pencil sketches of his subjects. Gene especially enjoys doing portraits which challenge him to capture the unique facial features of people. He is available for commissioned works and is a master at pencil, pastels, charcoal, and oil techniques. Gene still lives in Lavaca County. Hallet Oak Gallery, 115 N. Main St., Hallettsville, TX 77964 www.halletoakgallery.com Free and open to the public.”
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