Artist of the Month
 Kilolo Kumanyika - N.J. artist, Kilolo Kumanyika, uses her Native
American and African American heritage as sources of inspiration for her
work. Exposure to art as a child by her godfather, watercolorist, Nat
Bickerstaff, and as a childhood member of the Brooklyn and Montclair
Museums shaped her interest in art… Working with a variety of media
including paints, beads, textiles and natural fibers, Kilolo shows us
color and culture with little restriction. Her work has also been
published on the cover of ‘the original buckwheat’ (Long Shot
Productions), a book of poetry by Reg E. Gaines, writer of the Broadway
musical ‘Bring in da Noise Bring in da Funk. Kilolo has taught
printmaking, bookmaking, graphic design, and other techniques at the
Upward Bound Program of Bloomfield College. She also serves on the
Steering Committee for Arts and Cultural Development for the township of
Montclair, NJ, which created the township’s first arts plan.
For more information visit www.artkilolo.com.
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