We're breaking from our usual format this time. This is the first part of a two part series on the life and work of David C. Driskell. Driskell has done so much that there was no way I could feel comfortable cramming it into a single episode. 

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His student, Mary O’Neal, who later became a distinguished fine artist, but was only then a student and the girlfriend of Stokely Carmichael, told Driskell that he was teaching the course in cultural disguise – meaning it was not just art history but a very passionate kind of civil rights art course. She called it an action course. It focused on topics of where one had to prove that he or she had something to give in society and in art.

This episode is a little different. I consider it a "pre-episode" episode. It's more like an introduction into the work of David Driskell, the artist I'll be covering next on The Whole Art Nebula. In this, I discuss his work titled, "Jazz Singer (Lady of Leisure, Fox)" with my good friend ElleBeah.

This is just a portion of a longer conversation. I've given access of the entire conversation to Patreon members at the Oasis level as in incentive to support our brand new art history podcast. To visit our Patreon page, go to, https://www.patreon.com/thewholeartnebula. Otherwise, please enjoy.

Warning: This episode may cause laughter.

Clark, in his lifetime, has received many awards, his work has been exhibited all over the world and is part of collections in several art institutions and museums. He guarded his private thoughts on worldviews and his background from unwelcomed intruders, allowing his work and innovation to speak for itself.

Sculptor and arts activist, Frank J. Brown, had a big presence in the St. Paul art scene, lending his voice and talent to the discussion of the plight and future of humanity and African American people.

Brown’s sculptures can be found in the permanent collections of many institutions, including the Minneapolis Institute of Art, Southern Illinois University and the University of Utah Museum of Fine Arts in Salt Lake City.

Emma Amos was a woman who found her voice in the art world - constantly pushing and batting at the resistance of male dominance and racial exclusion - then, blurring the lines of fine art and traditional craft.

Oh yeah, and W.E.B. DuBois used to pop up at her parents' house from time to time.

I'm speaking to my mother (who is very much alive and well - by the way). It's from an essay previously published in the Wilderness House Literary review, discussing one small aspect of my start as an artist... How a girl learns to paint when she can only afford to buy two colors.