Jesse Howard uses his art practice to depict society's effects on African Americans from his perspective and shares what he hopes viewers take away from it when they see it at the exhibition.
The fruits of life we consume
have many hidden roots.
History does not only exist
on the surface but beneath
buried In our memories.
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Jesse Howard, a Chicago native from the West Side, held his first solo exhibition entitled "The Spirit of Community" on Dec. 5, 2020, at the South Side Community Art Center (SSCAC).
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Ladies of Virtue mentor Jamila Trimuel, 39, grew up on the Southeast side of Chicago in the South Shore community. She remembers how her father would always tell her, "You're an African girl, you could do anything you set your mind to."
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Robert Fulton Elementary school teacher Andrea Parker, like hundreds of Chicago Public School (CPS) teachers, has adjusted to the new normal of teaching her class remotely.
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