Joshua Y'Barbo

Black History Month An Art Club on Racial Equity, and two Artists' Profiles in Honor of Black History Month by Joshua Y'Barbo Oct 2022 As an artist-in-residence at the TEAM LEWIS Foundation in London, I curated the TEAM LEWIS Emerging Artist Annual Exhibition  in 2021, which included artworks and designs made by recent graduates of Chelsea College of Art , University of the Arts London. I also had the pleasure of writing and delivering an Art Club on Racial Equity for a variety of groups from APAC, EMEA, the UK and the US. In honour of Black History Month , I'm presenting elements from the Art Club as well as two artist profiles, including two paintings: 60 Years...(2021) by Bryana Burke and "Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood" (2021) by Natnael Dawit.   Art Club: Racism Nope Nope Nope! Early this year, I wrote an art club on racial equity, which I started by writing a session on equality.   It didn’t take long to see that racial equality and equity differed. In

Interview with Bryana Burke Conducted on 6 May 2022 The artist talks about the importance of family, inequality within the art market, the significance of textiles in her paintings, and her current passion for sewing.  by Joshua Y'Barbo Oct 2022 Bryana Burke,  60 years (2021),  Mixed Media Textiles and Paint BA (Hons) Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art (2021) On May 6th, 2022, I spoke with Bryana Burke about her work and the important influence her family plays and  the significance of textiles in her paintings.  We also discussed  inequality within the art market, problem-solving adviceand her current passion for sewing.  Joshua Y’Barbo (JY) how have you been? Byrana Burke (BB) Do you know what? This side of this year I've been a lot better than I was. I don't know if you remember. I explained before, I had a lot of family issues, so unfortunately, my dad passed away whilst I was completing the course. JY My deepest condolences, I'm sorry about that. BB Thank you