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Artist Statement <br /> Jackie is a p iotographer,writer, potter and painter whose work is exhibited extensively <br /> throughout the United States. <br /> I have been documenting African American Schools that were built and in operation prior to <br /> 1950, and are still standing. I began this project in 1998 using a 35 mm Nikon camera, and 11,_1�t, <br /> captured revealing shots of several rural schools for African-American children including: <br /> Haith School,Sartin School, Corbett School, Union Grove School. I have always had a <br /> fascination with school architecture. <br /> We still have several buildings in the community that portray this era of our one and two looill <br /> schools in the early years, if the school lacked a well, students carried water from neighbor i i i' <br /> houses. Sc ools were heated with potbelly stoves; the boys in the school chopped wood for d I <br /> next day. Classroom books were used and handed down from the white schools in the area; <br /> I would likE to continue taking photographs in the existing buildings or what remains of th ,rni. <br /> The photographs will capture architectural features or details, as well as buildings in their <br /> entirety. <br /> You will als notice the photograph below is a book that I had published of people over 90 t h<I t <br /> are still self-sufficient. They all have high morals and definitely believe in treating people-�,, it Ii <br /> respect. <br /> My abstract paintings are expressions of freedom and movement. With acrylic paint,on <br /> masonite, w ood or industrial material. I create compositions of vivid journeys to other <br /> dimensions While my hands work freely and naturally,my mind focuses on design, color <,r d <br /> texture. As I create, the abstract becomes limitless and creativity seems endless. <br /> Owned and managed Bradiggins Art Gallery in downtown Historical Hillsborough. Exhi1­ d <br /> local artists and artist from across the country. 1996-2001 <br /> Swain Design Center- showcase paintings twice a year for the High Point Furniture Marks t <br /> Exhibited al local galleries between Chapel Hill and Durham NC. <br /> Member of several committees: <br /> Horace Williams House, art committee member in Chapel Hill, NC <br /> Former committee member of the Thomas Day Museum foundation in Milton NC <br /> Compass Center for Women committee member in Chapel Hill, NC <br /> Member of he Durham Art Guild in Durham, NC <br /> Co-op member Skylight Gallery in Hillsborough, NC <br /> Swain Design Center- showcase paintings twice a year for the High Point Furniture Marks t <br />