Julee Dickerson - Thompson and Mia Duvall @ BZB Holiday Gala Fine Art Show

Julee Dickerson - Thompson

"As an award-winning artist, Julee Dickerson-Thompson is known for her distinctive pen and ink illustrative style, airbrush paintings, and public art installations. Beginning with her residency at Zenith Gallery’s artist colony and subsequent participation in the inaugural exhibitions at the Evans-Tibbs Gallery and the Miya Gallery, Julee’s work is featured in exhibits and collections at galleries, museums, and “alternative spaces” throughout the United States.

Seeking to integrate influences from her travels and studies in West Africa, the Caribbean, the American South, and Paris, France, Julee experiments with mixed-media, soft sculptures, quilts, and doll-making. Often moving between fine art, illustrations, and literature, Julee is also an author, and one of her most recognized books is The Dance of the Rain Gods, published by Africa World Press. Regardless of the medium, her work often incorporate themes of Black feminism, peace promotion, inter-faith symbolism, and inter-generational relationships.

Julee Dickerson-Thompson is a native Washingtonian and life-long resident of the Brookland community. When she was a teenager, the Workshops for Careers in the Arts (now Duke Ellington School of the Arts) planted the seeds for a career as a multi-media artist and illustrator. Julee continued her art studies at Simmons College, the Massachusetts College of Art, and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and the Corcoran College of Art."

https://www.theartofjulee.com

Mia Duvall

"Mia Duvall is best known for her work as a collaborating muralist and art director on some of Washington, DC's most highly regarded and appreciated murals. The work of Mia Duvall is a reflection of a deep love and appreciation for color (and the principles and elements of art and design). Mia uses a variety of mediums in her artwork to express her love of color and color relationships. Her earliest memories of appreciating color were of watching her mother create masterful works of art in coloring books with ordinary crayons."She was so ingenious and gifted with seeing and using color. She inspired my love and appreciation for color. Learning to see and appreciate the vast spectrum of life's colors and the array of ways it occurs and exists (sometimes without us even noticing it) was one of the best gifts my mother has ever given me. My work is a reflection of this gift."

Mia Duvall is a native of the Anacostia area in Washington, DC and is a proud product of the District of Columbia public school system. Mia Duvall is also the founder, principal designer and art director at Mia Duvall Studios."

https://www.miaduvall.com/

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