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Dr. Adrienne Walker HoardJanuary 26, 2001 - March 31, 2001 |
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Biography:Dr. Adrienne Walker Hoard is an artist, researcher, and professor. Currently she serves as an Associate Professor in the Departments of Fine Arts and Curriculum Instruction at the University of Missouri-Columbia. Before joining the MU faculty she was on the faculty of LSU School of Art in Baton Rouge. Dr. Hoard received her B.S. in Art Design Education from Lincoln University, her M.F.A. from University of Michigan, and her Ed.D. from the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She has traveled extensively in Asia, Africa, Europe and North and South America. Most recently, her research has takes her to Pretoria, South Africa to dialogue with the Ndebele women artists concerning their large abstract wall paintings. She spent time with the Ndebele over a period of four years. Her admiration for this artistic society led to this series of photographs.
Dr. Hoard currently resides in Jefferson City. |
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Artist's Statement:As an artist, it has been a deeply meaningful experience for me over the past 4 years to witness the Ndebele, an artistic society of women proceeding through the doorway of cultural evolution, stepping through to tomorrow, and back into their past, with each present day displaying a bit of both. I feel because I came to these women openly as just another women artist of color, who expresses life abstractly, they have guided me into their way of seeing, and blessed my endeavors with their friendship and support. The force of this coalition has enhanced my own creativity and inspired my life as a woman artist in the 21st century. I pray my photographs give the viewer some insights into the beauty, strength and power of these women and their traditions.
Dr. Adrienne Walker Hoard |
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