Wendell George Brown, Assistant Professor of Art at Benedict College in Columbia, South Carolina, received his B.F.A., in Fibers / Crafts from the Maryland Institute College of Art in Baltimore, Maryland and his M.F.A., in Painting / Sculpture from Howard University in Washington, D.C. Described as "A Risk Taker in Art ” in a New York Times article, Brown's work examine ways African Americans throughout a complicated yet consequential history in the United States employed the practice of quilt making and Negro spirituals to prevail over depressed conditions.  Through processes that include painting, quilting, sculpting, printing and the use of spirited text Brown addresses -- while making use of family photographs, African American and Art history -- the human long-established ideas for survival and triumph in the face of racism, sexism, poverty and alienation. 

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