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DocuSign Envelope ID:6FBOD2B6-B8D3-4136-A376-20FDC2D04FC7 <br /> Artist Statement <br /> Jackie is a photographer,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 have <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 room <br /> schools in the early years,if the school lacked a well,students carried water from neighboring <br /> houses. Schools were heated with potbelly stoves;the boys in the school chopped wood for the <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 them. <br /> The photographs will capture architectural features or details, as well as buildings in their <br /> entirety. <br /> You will also notice the photograph below is a book that I had published of people over 90 that <br /> are still self-sufficient. They all have high morals and definitely believe in treating people with <br /> respect. <br /> My abstract paintings are expressions of freedom and movement. With acrylic paint, on <br /> masonite,wood 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 and <br /> texture. As I create,the abstract becomes limitless and creativity seems endless. <br /> Owned and managed Bradiggins Art Gallery in downtown Historical Hillsborough. Exhibited <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 Market <br /> Exhibited at 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 the 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 Market <br />