On June 5, 2008, I received a letter from the Community Foundation in Jacksonville informing me that at its May 9, 2008 artist review panel, I was recommended to receive a $3,500 grant for materials to create new patterns in woodblock printing in order to produce a series reflective of Africa. The Board of Trustees of the Community Foundation approved the recommendation at its meeting on May 27, 2008. The grant is made from funds provided by the J. Shepherd Jr. and Mary Ann Bryan Arts Endowment.
This is my first grant and I am greatly honored to be chosen as a recipient.
Now busy to work producing!
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About Me
- Annelies Dykgraaf
- Jacksonville, Florida, United States
- Annelies M. Dykgraaf was born in Nigeria, West Africa and spent her first eighteen years in rural areas where her parents lived and worked as missionaries and teachers for 40 years. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree with a minor in French, from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI. Annelies studied during her Junior year on scholarship with the Cleveland Institute of Art in Lacoste, France. She is a board member of the Beaches Fine Art Series and functions in the role of Visual Arts Coordinator. She is also a founding member for both JCAAA (Jacksonville Consortium of African American Artists) and The Art Center Cooperative, Inc.(TAC), a Not-for-profit Co-op of artists. She is the Current President of the Art Center.
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Monday, July 21, 2008
Woodcut Accepted for Thomas Center Gallery
My woodcut, 'Flow of the River', was accepted into the 2008 Thomas Center Galleries Regional Juried Exhibition, in Gainesville, FL. Over 325 works were submitted and 52 were accepted for the exhibition. My artist friend Marsha Hatcher is also in the show. The show runs July 12-August 24, 2008.
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Sunday, July 20, 2008
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Art Center Cooperative Inc. Mosaic collaborative
My (Annelies Dykgraaf) section of the Art Center group mosaic was chosen as the favorite part of the Jax downtown skyline.
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Book Signing by David Driskell
David Driskell gave a lecture on his artwork at UNF in Jacksonville
Afterwards he signed one of his latest books "Evolution" on printmaking
Here shown speaking with Annelies Dykgraaf about his time in Nigeria
2008 Starting to get busy again!
Fellow printmaker Vinnie Dolan helps pull woodblock print
Five editions pulled of "Through the Guinea Corn Fence"
Thursday, November 15, 2007
Work in Progress
"Quiet Time Reflections", Acrylic painting, the image still needs some tweeking, but relatively done.Still Producing Art! Here's a new woodcut.
This is titled "Holding on to Heritage" and will be part of the JCAAA show at FCCJ North Campus in the new year 2008 with works inspired from the Harlem Renaissance period and its artists.
This is a woodblock that was both burned and cut into. The main central figure is holding onto two masks in her hands, holding her heritage which also surrounds her. The women in the background are sowing and planting and the woman in the foreground is making a pot with a baby on her back.
Friday, October 05, 2007
WOMEN'S CENTER EXHIBIT
Annelies Dykgraaf
has 8 African Inspired wood cuts on display at The Women's Center of Jax 5th Annual Invitational Art Exhibit. The show runs through Dec. 2007.
5644 Colcord Ave. Jax 32211
Thursday, September 27, 2007
Friday, June 22, 2007
ARTREACH 2007
Annelies Dygraaf receieves "Honorable Mention" for her contribution to benefit community HIV/AIDS education, prevention and support programs in Jacksonville.
photo by MHat
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
Sunday, May 20, 2007
Malnutrition Kills
Serious title for a serious problem. Tens of thousands of children die each year in Africa and India due to lack of food and lack of proper nutrients. In Nigeria rural women will have several children, not knowing if even one will survive (they often wait to even name a child after a certain period to see if the child will survive); while in the States we choose to have abortions or now have the continuing rise of the problem of obese children, a stark contrast. Just being aware and knowledgable of situations around the world is a good start and being conscious of the food we waste. Feel free to visit Unicef.org to learn more.
Shattered Image
"Shattered Image" is acrylic with blue glass and is one of the images done for "What's Goin' On".
This image relates to all that bombards us to change our image from the littlest thing in wrinkle creams, to botox, to lipo suction, to acutal cosmetic alterings of our image. So, just to be your natural self as you were created in the Image of God is challenged by all these "enhancements to beautify".
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
What's Goin' On?
Annual Through Our Eyes show at the Ritz Theatre & LaVilla Musuem opened Thursday, May 10 and runs through July. The theme for the show is "what's goin' on" covering current events and "in your face" happenings both city wide and nationally. I have two paintings in the show titled "Shattered Image" and "Malnutrition Kills"
Thursday, April 12, 2007
BAPTISM/ LUKE 3:16
"Baptism in the River"
Luke 3:16 'I baptize with water, but one is coming soon...He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and with fire'
Woodcut by AMD
FISHING TRIP WITH HIPPOS
Acrylic
from the 'Life Along Nigerian Rivers' series
When we took fishing trips, depending on the location we went to, sometimes we had to share the area with hippos, which made it both unique and fun, but also dangerous.
CANOE CROSSING
Acrylic painting
from the "Life Along Nigerian Rivers" series
Where my parents live in Niger State, Nigeria (about an hour out of the town of Kontagora), you have to cross a river in order to get to their house among the Avadi people. In the rainy season you have to take a canoe across, because the water depth can fluctuate between 5ft and 20ft depending on the rains. Makes life interesting!
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