NEWS AND VIEWS/ JUNE 2020

WOV Joined ARTSBURGH. But if you are an artist, you can too. It's the "black and yellow" way to promote arts and culture events in and around  Pittsburgh.The website is hosted by GPAC and is connected to more than 40 museums and cultural institutions in the region. That's a lot of free event advertising for very little effort.

Annette Jackson

Annette Jackson isn't letting the pandemic stop her creative streak. She's been inspired to work on a series of mixed media pieces that include paint, fiber and found objects. Look to see them exhibited in an upcoming show

LaVerne Kemp

LaVerne Kemp does it again! Just earning the Kent Rockwell Award last month, she snagged the Kiskiminetas Spring School Award--Will's Gift-- in June! In a congratulatory letter from the Kiski School Communications Director, Craig O'Lear, the award is said to honor E. William Turley, one of Kiski's finest educators, to be given to a working artist in the state of Pennsylvania. It's the hope of the school to build one of the finest art archives in the area. Kemp's work was hailed as "Exceptional and Distinctive."

Jackson Art

Kemp Couturier 

MOKA, which is a hybrid of two names: Mobutu "Mo" Reynolds and Charlotte "Ka." have busy planning a grand opening. They are expanding their venue at 2297 Centre Avenue to become a "Jazz Gallery." MOKA will soon feature musicians from across the country and even host events in a format that resembles the "Gong Show," for kids in the neighborhood who have few places to display their talents. And all this while WOV member Charlotte Ka is working on a exhibition that will be held next month in New York as a result of her Advancing Black Arts Grant.

Charlotte Ka

"Mo" and Jazz band members @ MOKA

Christine Bethea

Remembering last summer, Christine Bethea, picks a favorite inspirational photos from a visit to the Mosaic Gardens of Philadelphia with her daughter, Brigette Bethea and Grandson, Chase. Should you ever go on this adventure, she highly recommends you take a child. You will not have truly seen these marvels half as well without their unique perspective

Through-way of  assemblage

Painting by Charlotte Ka