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Written by Lee McDonald
Annelies Dykgraaf is an artist who continues to inspire me because she produces work that reflects a vision that I believe in and because she lives a life that makes a difference in our community. She is truly an artist that does not see color; at least not in the way that most of us do. She was born in the Nigerian revolution to American missionary parents, her mother worked throughout her career in a particular language within a specific tribal group. Her father worked as together they gave their lives to a people making a difference in a community different from the one that they grew up in.
Annelies is one of the founders of the Art Center Cooperative here in Jacksonville; I remember an early organizational meeting in a home in Arlington where ideas were shared from different generations and different races for getting started on building something new that would be a cooperative effort where artists could gather and express new ideas. Annelies is this month's featured artist at one of the two galleries the Art Center currently runs. The exhibition is called "Touch;" the focus is on the importance of touch across the racial divide that in itself will produce a community cohesion that brings new and exciting opportunities for all those who share the space.
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.
Thanks for Visiting and Being Interested in my Artistic Journey
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Monday, November 15, 2010
Friday, November 05, 2010
Gem of the Ocean at Players by the Sea
Fellow artists Marsha Hatcher, Pablo Rivera and myself each have six pieces of work being displayed at Players by the Sea for the month of November pertaining to this play by August Wilson "Gem of the Ocean"Featured Artist at the Art Center Cooperative Inc. for November
Five new acrylic paintings 16x20 on the importance of touch
With fellow artists and TAC members Lora Davis-Henningsen and Nathan Mauney
With fellow artists and TAC members Pablo Rivera and Mario Della Penta
Keeping it fun
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