“In Due Time” Artist Talk: Ato Ribeiro and Jericho Brown In Conversation
This is a conversation that took place on Saturday, April 2nd, 2022 about the “In Due Time” show between MINT Leap Year artist Ato Ribeiro and Atlanta-based Poet Jericho Brown, with a special appearance and reading by Jessica Care Moore.
The interests behind my creative practice stem from an urge to bridge my West African heritage with my African American identity in Western culture.
As taught through the Adinkra symbol of Sankofa (meaning to return and retrieve it), my research mines through and honors a variety of shared and neglected histories in order to visually speak to my contemporary sense of cultural hybridity.
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The crux of my work draws from exploring modes of communication embedded within traditional textiles such as Ghanaian Kente cloth and African American quilts.
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