Description
Wisdom by Pat McLean-Smith
textile
16 x 20 inches
Year created: 2024
Description: An older woman looks directly at the viewer. She wears a dress with red and yellow flowers and a red bandana with white and black designs. The background is light blue.
Connection to the theme: As we age, we grow in our spirit as our body diminishes, but we deserve the same kind of care and attention we received when we were younger.
Artist Statement: My work is centered around family, my ancestors, and the African American experience, whose guidance and protection surround me at all times. I know the power of art and seek to use it to uplift, heal, and change people’s minds and hearts into action. When I honored the artist in me, I realized my calling.
My use of fabric particularly, African fabric is a direct nod to my culture, my mother, and my neighborhood of aunties. Each instilled a strong sense of community and belonging in me through various activities, such as crocheting and sewing. I credit these experiences with significantly influencing my work. Leading to a deep appreciation for textiles and the stories they can tell.
Bio: Pat McLean-Smith is a multi-disciplinary artist and a published poet. The author of two books of poetry and a children’s book teaching artist. She uses acrylic, oils, fabric,s and found items, to create mixed media works on canvas. In addition, she uses acrylic and cotton yarn to create hand-crafted crochet dolls and crewel embroidery portraits.
He has been exhibited throughout Philadelphia and beyond “Dreams of Freedom: The Threads That Hold Us Together,” City of Philadelphia Arts Culture and the Creative Economy. The 2022 “Black Art Matters” and the International Women’s Day Exhibition #EMBRACE EQUITY were both held at MAAG (Mt. Airy Arts Garage), the 2023 Celebrating Black Mermaids: From Africa to America at the City Gallery in Charleston, SC., The 2023 and 2024, PCA “Arts & Aging Exhibit. 2023 “Sit A Spell exhibit at The Colored Girls Museum and “From Womb to Womanhood: Journey of a Black Girl “exhibit.
$300 *
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