Arts Exhibition
We are thrilled to invite you to the remarkable Queen Opal's Walk Freedom exhibition, an event that truly showcases the incredible spirit of excellence present in every artist's work! This is your chance to become a part of history as we come together to celebrate creativity, resilience, and the powerful journey towards freedom The exhibition will culminate in an unforgettable Juneteenth celebration, making it moment you won't want to miss. Join us for this amazing opportunity to connect with others and inspire one another in the process!
Born and raised in Gary, Indiana, fine artist PeQue developed his eye and honed skills as an artist in the armed forces, as a community leader and as a youth mentor. He has been the subject of and a featured artist for television shows, films and commercials for more than 35 years. PeQue’s body of work includes mural commissions for Vice President Kamala Harris, Hall of Famers Landon Donovan, Cobi Jones and for the City of Los Angeles (a mural tribute to the late Kobe Bryant). He founded LIQUID Arts Studios in both Los Angeles, CA and Metropolitan Atlanta, GA; an all arts collective aimed at providing guidance to disenchanted youth and young adults through the arts. PeQue is currently working with cities across the US to revitalize communities and schools with large custom murals engaging community support and youth input.
Artist Statement
Many things inspire me to create art. Yet, love is the motivation behind everything I do. Like everyone, I love to see beautiful things. So I create them. But more than that, I have a great love for the overlooked, unsuspecting and nuanced; love for the outcast and ridiculed; and a deep love for hidden beauty in things that have been deemed ugly by society. While I am prone to create things that provoke thought and evoke conversation, I love most to see positive paradigm shifts as a result of my creations.
Yvette Crossings
Dr. Yvette Stephens Crossing has practiced Medicine in the Atlanta area for over 30 years. Her greatest accomplishment has been raising her two children, now adults. It has been her blessing and privilege to provide exceptional care to her patients over the decades. Her focus in Medicine has been eliminating disparities in healthcare.
God gifted her the ability to create art ranging from sketches and painting to mixed media productions and sculptures. She has also written songs, a short story, poetry, and a Juneteenth Education and Celebration.
She encourages all to identify and cultivate a creative outlet/gift and then to share that gift generously. This gift would, in turn, be a blessing to and uplift others.
The Gift
“The true gift must circulate, or it ceases to be, becoming imprisoned when taken into custody, redefined as finite, the boundless inside boundaries. When contained, the extraordinary becomes mundane and inspiration, turns into property, stinging like the quirt that leaves welts on the mustang’s soul; it is the wounded dove, recovered, but never set free. To be a gift it must continually be given or it ceases to be”.
John S. Hockensmith
Photographer, Artist, Poet
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Spanish Mustangs in the Great American West
