“Home. A place to indulge your ambition (if you choose to). Tall trees, big skies, icy snow. The ability to be dissatisfied. For better or worse, the top of the world. Maybe that’s arrogant. Geo-politically influential. Maybe that’s pretentious. I don’t know. If I ever figure it out I’ll let you know.”
- Benjamin Kuller
” A conglomeration of different types of people with various cultures, backgrounds, and languages who have come together to achieve the same goal—success.
A nation with so much potential and opportunities going hand in hand with the disappointing reality.
A nation with so much, yet a nation with so little.
An area that is envied by some yet pitied by others.
A nation where it is easy to be swayed by the ruling majority and difficult to stand out as an individual and have your voice heard.
A place where I am occasionally accepted yet continuously feel outcasted.
A nation where my unique cultural background is criticized yet never truly respected or understood by others.
So you tell me, have we achieved success ? “
“America is Choice ! Freedom to choose what you want to do in life.”
RIP
America is a business not fit for the lazy and undermined.
- Kolin Robinson
OGLETHORPE UNIVERSITY MUSEUM OF ART LECTURE SERIES, ATLANTA GEORGIA:
Conflict, Image and Meaning: The Reception of Commemorative Artworks and the Aesthetics of War.
Frank C. Martin II, Art History Scholar with the University of South Carolina with commentary by artist Sheila Pree Bright discussing the Young Americans series.
The image you see before you give me inspiration and hope for all kids globally, these are the kids from the West Grove neighborhood in Miami Florida who is helping us place more images up in the Coconut Grove community. One of the community leaders, Laurie Cook said to me, “I’m really excited about this project. I know you questioned if this would actually bring any hope or change to the community. I can tell you that this has brought hope to me, as one who has been working hard in this community that has become my home, for the last seven years. It encourages me to see others doing something beautiful, that I and other residents are able to have a part in. Sometimes it feels like we work and work and hardly see any change or movement forward. It encourages me to SEE the result of the work done on this project right away. It encourages me to see beautiful art in places that have been long neglected. This is something I’ve envisioned and tried to make happen, but just haven’t had the resources or the ability to carry it out on my own. I watched people’s faces as they came by today to see what we were doing (we were painting in that same spot). I could see curiosity, a stirring of emotion, a desire to come close, a desire to be involved…hope. So, know that your work is producing hope in the West Grove; a place that has much needed it.”
“Come senators, congressmen
Please heed the call
Don’t stand in the doorway
Don’t block up the hall
For he that gets hurt
Will be he who has stalled
There’s a battle outside
And it is ragin’
It’ll soon shake your windows
And rattle your walls
For the times they are a-changin’ “- Bob Dylan
(Source: sheilapreebright.com.)
