Artists Talk DC #8 Transcendence Through Art

Artists Talk DC #8 – Transcendence Through Art

The Darryl Chappell Foundation proudly announces the eighth installment of its popular Artists Talk Series, featuring renowned local artists Broadie and Luis del Valle, in conversation with attorney, art collector, art advisor, and journalist, Andrew S. Jacobson. Titled "Transcendence Through Art", Artists Talk DC#8 delves into the transformative power of art and its role in challenging systemic inequalities.

Objective

In partnership with The Black Art Today Foundation, the Darryl Chappell Foundation presents this opportunity for dialogue, reflection, and action. "Transcendence Through Art" aims to inspire the audience to envision and contribute actively to a more just and equitable society.

What is to be transcended? One area of exploration is the theory of Afropessimism. Afropessimism suggests that the enduring despair felt by Black people stems from historical oppression. A bleak outlook is suggested given systemic anti-Blackness. Founder, Chairman & CEO, Darryl Chappell. “Afropessimism proposes accepting that these systems will not be replaced, and that anti-Blackness endures forever. Instinctively, I think art might help us explore seeing the world differently”.

Join us in person as we explore the life experiences, creative processes, and strategies of confronting adversity through art hearing from Luis and Broadie. Artists Talk DC #8 promises to be a lively encounter centered on art and the community.

About the Darryl Chappell Foundation

The Darryl Chappell Foundation, a 501(c)3 non-profit public charity established in 2019, empowers Afrodescendant artists to achieve their highest potential. Our vision is of artists working together to positively impact local communities through art. The Foundation achieves its mission through five programs – Artists-in-Residence, Artists Talk Series, Fund for Community Art, Artists Marketplace, and Mentorship Program for artists.

About Black Art Today Foundation

The Black Art Today Foundation, also a 501(c)(3) Public Charity, supports artists in visual arts, performing arts, and literature, guided by Kwanzaa's sixth Principle, Kuumba, meaning Creativity.

“Kuumba is the commitment to being creative within the context of the national community vocation of restoring our people to their traditional greatness and thus leaving our community more beneficial and beautiful than we inherited it. The principle has both a social and spiritual dimension and is deeply rooted in the social and sacred teachings of African societies.”

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Prince George's County, MD Graphic Artist Broadie fell in love with art when he was a child in elementary school. The moment his teacher gave him a pair of scissors to start cutting shapes, he knew he wanted to create. He still remembers using cotton balls, popsicle sticks, paint, and glitter to create a snowman. He dreamed of having his designs on billboards for people to stop and stare. He was first introduced to digital art in 2005 attending Bowie State University, a Historical Black College (HBCU), majoring in Fine Arts. Through his coursework, Broadie’s skills in digital art were shaped. While at Bowie State University he took classes in photography, sculpture, and drawing but something about digital art felt natural to him. Broadie shows his love for digital art by blending his skills in graphic design and love of mixed media, bringing about a perfect marriage of his two passions. Broadie’s inspiration has been birthed from the richness of Black History, the past, present and possibilities of the future. Being a Black Gay Male artist, he hopes to inspire the future generations of creators by encouraging them to believe in themselves, while going after their dreams. Art has the power to heal, to inspire, and to remind us of the beauty and hope that reside within each of us. He wants to encourage people to fully embrace and love who they are, and to be proud of it.

Website: www.bbroadie.com

Instagram: @bbrody04

Award winning artist, Luis Peralta Del Valle was born in Nicaragua in 1980 and migrated to the U.S. in 1986. At the age of 13 he started painting graffiti murals in the District, Maryland, and Virginia. A few years later at Bell Multicultural High School he began his formal artistic education, continuing his studies at the Corcoran College of Art and Design.

In 2023 Luis was honored with Mayor Muriel Bowser’s SOMOS DC Award for his notable influence, the promotion and creation of artworks that inspire and enrich our culture. In 2023 he also received the LIT in DC Award for the Arts.

In 2019 he was awarded 2nd place in the Chroma International Juried art exhibition by Art Impact international. In 2017 Luis was honored with the NCIS Director’s Coin by NCIS director, Andrew L. Traver. In 2013 Luis was selected as the winner of the East of the River Distinguished Artist Award. That year he was also a finalist for the District of Columbia 28th Annual Mayor’s Arts Awards. These accomplishments preceded the presentation of the National Museum of Catholic Art and Library National Artist Award by Prince Lorenzo Maria De Medici in 2014, and his selection as the artist commissioned for the 2015 Beijing / District of Columbia Sister Cities Project. The latter project resulted in a panda statue painted by Del Valle that was given to the Mayor of Beijing as a state gift from Mayor Muriel Bowser. Del Valle is also the recipient of the 2015 National Museum of Catholic Art and Library Portrait Award.

Luis received his first commission from the fitness franchise Body by Jake after his 16th birthday. Since then, he has been commissioned by other businesses, foundations, public institutions, museums, and private collectors to create murals, portraits, sculptures, and paintings of various themes. Luis has exhibited his works at various museums and institutions including NCIS headquarters, V.A., Vatican City, The Embassy of Italy, The Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, The Historical Society of Washington, DC,

The Vatican Embassy in DC and the Frederick Douglass Isaac Myers Museum in Baltimore, MD.

Luis continues to grow his unique personal artistic sensibility remaining an active leader in the metropolitan arts world. His commitment to the arts community is well known in the District of Columbia and abroad.

Luis believes that artistic development is a critical element in community development; the arts facilitate improvement in quality of life by providing tools to modify behaviors through the channeling of self- expression

into productive work.

To learn more about Luis and his artistic career please visit:

Website: www. LoveHopeArt.com

Instagram: @luis202artist

FaceBook: LuisDelValle

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1801 Mississippi Ave SE, 1801 Mississippi Avenue Southeast, Washington, United States