Baldwin-Inspired Art: To Awaken The Sleeper

To Awaken The Sleeper: Original Art Inspired by James Baldwin

New Haven Artists were commissioned to create original works inspired by NHSO Composer-in-Residence Joel Thompson's To Awaken The Sleeper, performed by the NHSO on October 23 and featuring texts by James Baldwin. Art is available for sale by contacting the artists using the information below.

  • HOME ALONE

    Permanent Felt Tip Marker

    Portrait of the struggle for Identity in America as an African American. Inspired by James Baldwin, Paul Robeson, and Josephine Baker.
    “HOME ALONE” is picture #7 of 7 picture series “Blacks in Criminal Justice.”

    Price: $990

    Email boldminds@gmail.com for purchase inquiries.


    Artist: Shafiq Abdussabur

    About the Artist:

    Shafiq R.Fulcher Abdussabur works and concepts have been featured in the Huffington Post, New York Times, Chicago Tribune, NPR-Where We Live, New Haven Independent, NPR-All Things Considered, WYBC-Electric Drum, New Haven Advocate, Russian Radio, BBC, PBS, New York Daily News, Hartford Courant, and Al Jazeera America .To learn more visit: http://shafiqabdussabur.org/

  • Listening to James, 2022

    Woven tapestry with cotton, raw silk, linen, painted fabric, dried flowers

    Price: Available Upon Request

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    Artist: Seyi Adeyinka

    About the Artist:

    For most of my life, I have been curious about what it means to be “well.” I’ve explored this question from many different angles as an anthropologist, an activist, a public health researcher, a doula, and now a physician. I am currently in residency, training to become a psychiatrist. In addition to my varied professional background, I am a student of various energy and meditation practices. I find creativity and art making to be a bridge between these two worlds as my art practice creates a channel for me to connect with spirit and move through the world in an embodied way. My practice currently includes weaving, embroidery, and printmaking.

    African american woman with blonde hair wearing a red and orange silk shirt and long gold earrings.

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    Artist: Amira Brown

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    Artist: Christina Jones

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    Artist: Alana Ladson

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  • Letter To My Sister

    Price: available upon request
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    Artist: Marsh

    About the Artist:

    Candyce “Marsh” John’s ever growing body of work is a self reflective expression of her views on existentialism. Representing the essence of what it is to live as a BIPOC and member of the LGBTQ+ community in a world of resistance, resilience and revolution during a new era of renaissance rooted in benevolence. Rising from the ashes of grief into a space of gratitude, Marsh’s oeuvre encapsulates an unapologetically blaque nuance of love, loss, and liberty by way of artistic expression.

    Her notable accomplishments and exhibitions include: Art & Rhymes (2015-’17), Art House Presents: State of The City (2016), Rainbow Fashion Week (2016), Read’s Art Space: CT Arts Against Violence (2017), Blends Art Gallery: Less Guns More Roses (2017), NYC Grind Planet X (2017), RAW Artist Exhibition (2017), Nasty Womens Exhibit (2017 & ‘19), Art Basel; Basel Bash Exhibit (2019), PhillyArt Collective Gallery: Herspace Exhibit (2021). Founder of Juice Box N Paint, spearheaded the summer of 2015 for aspiring artists ages 2-12, one of her many community contributions is cultivating young minds with a passion for art. Marsh also is a published illustrator whose work can be seen in the children’s book, “Mama, do you love me?”

    African American female wearing all black, short haircut with a baseball cap, slight smile, and kneeling one knee down and one up with arm rested on knee

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    Artist: Michelle Morgan

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    Artist: Shaheed Muhammad

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    Artist: Jesse Wolf

     

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