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Adoration of the Virgin Mary by the Apostles
No full textLocation: Lady Chapel, 1st Window (west to east). Lead Investigator and Photograph: C. Cody Barteet ([email protected]).https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/chriswallis_stainedglass_on_london_stpetercathedral/1008/thumbnail.jp
The Adoration of the Magi
No full textLocation: Lady Chapel, North wall, 3rd window (west to east). The images are lighted by artificial light. Lead Investigator and Photograph: C. Cody Barteet ([email protected]).https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/chriswallis_stainedglass_on_london_stpetercathedral/1016/thumbnail.jp
Arch of Covenant
No full textLocation: East Bell Tower, 2nd-Level, south wall, 2nd window (west to east). Lead Investigator and Photograph: C. Cody Barteet ([email protected]).https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/chriswallis_stainedglass_on_london_stpetercathedral/1037/thumbnail.jp
Jaysee Nails: Representing Black Women
No full textMy name is Olivia, and I’m a nail artist under the name Jaysee Nails. I’ve been doing nails since I was 15, and opened my business during the pandemic two years ago.
Since I started my business, my brand has been all about connecting with other Black women and giving them the space to express their creativity and interests with the world around them. I’m an avid protector of nail culture and nails as a quintessential accessory for Black women, despite stereotypes of long, colorful nails as “ghetto” or “unprofessional”.
Additionally, as a queer Black woman, I want make sure that my brand and my work are inclusive of any and everyone who wants to get their nails done - being fabulous has no gender! My ultimate dream is to own my own salon that also acts as a safe space for Black women that can help empower and bring us together.
This piece is a set of nails meant to celebrate the vibrancy and beauty of all kinds of Black women. I chose this colorful pop-art style to show how I see Black women: as fun, gorgeous, and carefree. I wanted to include a myriad of different hairstyles, skin tones, and styles for each girl to showcase the diversity of Black female presentation - our beauty is in our variety! These nails are made entirely with gel nail products.
It may seem like an unorthodox art form, but creating art through nails has been the most amazing journey for me! Like with fashion, nails allow you to tell people who you are without needing to say a word. All I want my brand to do is encourage people to express themselves, and do it loudly. I’m excited to display my work through Western’s Uplifting Blackness Showcase
LLJ
No full textEach drawing encapsulates where my head was at during a certain point in time. I have no formal art training, so I typically just draw what I feel, what I am enjoying at a particular time, what consumes my thoughts, or something I would just like to reimagine through my own interpretation
The Seal
No full textThis is a digital drawing I created using the Procreate app. Inspiration comes from my personal experience. It depicts a Black girl getting her freshly made braids sealed with a hot water bath by grabbing the braids and placing them in the bowl. Her face is in a grimace from the rough handling.
Getting my hair done has never been a particularly pleasant experience for me, but it is a core part of my childhood. Hair has always been a big part of my life and is an important topic in the Black community. Growing up in a predominantly white city, my hair was one of the biggest things that set me apart. I used to not like how different my hair was from my classmates’. I’d get asked questions about it, people would touch my hair, and I was generally uncomfortable with the constant attention it brought me. On top of all of this, getting my hair done was a painful experience. I hated the sectioning, the brushing, and all the time it took to do it. Even with all the perceived negative consequences, I felt my hair “brought” me, I always loved how it looked at the end. My hair was something that I love. A lot of Black people, especially young girls, grow up believing that their hair isn’t “good”. In my art, I’d like to portray the not-so-positive way I felt about my hair, but I also wanted to show the inherent beauty that it has as well
A Soft Fire
No full textMy artwork contemplates the day-to-day lived realities of marginalized identities. Although I use both acrylics on canvas and graphite on paper within my work, I use these different mediums to express the same underlying messages. I aim for viewers to interact with my work and see parts of themselves within the subjects of the drawings and paintings, regardless of the differences between their personal identities and the subjects portrayed. As a black-identifying person of colour, it is extremely important for me to see people of colour represented in the visual arts. Moreover, through my artwork, I strive not only to have representation that is visual, but emotive as well. My work is largely a reaction to the micro-aggressions that minorities face. The build-up of negative emotion-inducing experiences is often repressed by individuals and largely undermined in a broad societal context. The harshness of lines and boldness of colour within my work is a call against this silence while the softer elements and indistinct transitions between tones shed light on the complex and often difficult to work through emotional experiences of minority groups. Through the contrast in colour and shape within my artworks, I mirror the multi-faceted nature of the everyday experiences of minority groups. As well, combining various textures and varieties of realism within pieces draws attention to the varying levels of one’s true emotion and experience shared with the world and community around them. These artworks invite viewers to reflect upon the extent to which they allow themselves to be vulnerable and honour the validities of their struggles in a world of systemic suppression
Madlib
No full textEach drawing encapsulates where my head was at during a certain point in time. I have no formal art training, so I typically just draw what I feel, what I am enjoying at a particular time, what consumes my thoughts, or something I would just like to reimagine through my own interpretation. I hope looking at these inspires some positive reactions.https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/upliftingblackness_images/1018/thumbnail.jp
Granny Heart Square Cardigan
No full textThis is a simple granny heart square one that I made for Valentine’s Day last year (black, pink, teal and Purple Heart cardigan).https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/upliftingblackness_images/1024/thumbnail.jp