Woodcut

20” x 16”

My piece is one of thirteen woodcuts, a series of African American women artists who sing and play guitar (and or other stringed musical Instruments) from early 1900s on. This particular piece called Odetta, depicts Odetta Holmes, a folk singer who was considered “The Voice of the Civil Rights Movement of the early 1960s.” I was in my early teens when she ignited a movement for social equality. My goal is to honor these women by bringing them back to life.

Roxie (b. 1954, Washington, DC) is an African American printmaker. She lives and works in San Francisco. Graduated from The Corcoran School of Art in 1976. A formative influence was the printmaker and painter Jack Perlmutter, Professor of Printmaking at Corcoran. Attended Howard University graduate Fine Arts program, and later attended University of Maryland a physical science major. Retired as a federal servant, back to the love of pulling prints.