They Shouldn't Have Shown Me That Recipe

Author

Travis Washington

Date

2024

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Fine Arts

Department

Art

Committee Chair

Jed Jackson

Committee Member

Richard A Lou

Committee Member

Ernestine L Jenkins

Abstract

Through my journey in this world, as a Black man, my lineage is layered with cultures. I have learned to navigate the prescribed teachings about what being an artist or artisan is, and what the work created should be or means globally. In being a so called "spook that sat by the door", my understanding has allowed me to subvert the culture and structure that deems what and who has value. Using art, as it is a neutral element that is embedded into the fabric of the land and the culture of all peoples. I have found that the fibers of my esoteric culture were the answers to my own personal evolution as a man and a creative seeking to add to the representation and the dialogue of the African Diaspora.

Comments

Data is provided by the student.”

Library Comment

Dissertation or thesis originally submitted to ProQuest

Notes

Open Access

Recommended Citation

Washington, Travis, "They Shouldn't Have Shown Me That Recipe" (2024). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 3478.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/etd/3478