EXCITEMENT
tell you how sweet it
feels to be back, but to
do so would interfere
with our presentation of
the African Art that we
are so eager to present.
We are sure you will see
as you journey though
our catalog, the effort we
took trying to please you,
as if we were trying to
pleases ourselves.
LIFE EXPERIENCE.
BUT FOR MANY OF
US, AN EXPERIENCE
THAT MAY NEVER
OCCUR.
REPRESENT THAT WHICH IS TRULY OUR ANCESTORS. AS
FORMER COMMUNITY BASED RESIDENTS, WE WERE RAISED TO
AWAYS SEARCH FOR WAYS, TO IMPROVE OUR URBAN LIVING
STANDARDS. DURING OUR TENURE WE HAVE BUILT FROM
WITHIN, ONLY TO BE RUN OUT OF DODGE (SO TO SPEAK) AND
MADE VICTIMS IN OUR OWN NEIGHBORHOODS. BUT NOW WE
ARE BACK WITH A NEW SENSE OF PRIDE AND A DETERMINATION,
TO START ALL OVER AGAIN.
WHILE EXILE FROM OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AND FORCED TO
WATCH IT ON TV. WE REALIZED ONE DAY, FROM ALL THAT WE
SAW, WE NEVER SAW AN AFRICAN DRESSED PERSON HIDING
THEIR FACE BEING LEAD INTO A COURT HOUSE. THAT IS WHAT
CREATED THE PRIDE WE NOW FEEL. THIS TIME, WE ARE
CONVINCED, THAT BEING WHO WE ARE IS NECESSARY FOR OUR
PERSONAL SURVIVAL. BEING ABLE TO HELP OTHERS
UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT MEANS, HAS BECOME OUR BUSINESS
OBJECTIVE.
AFRICAN ART IS A VALUE TO THE WORLD IN WHICH WE LIVE. IT IS
A RICH, YET DYING CULTURAL EXPRESSION, THAT EVEN TODAY
MAKES BOTH MEN AND WOMEN YEARN FOR MORE KNOWLEDGE.
WE WANT TO DO OUR PART TO MAKE SUCH KNOWLEDGE, A
POSSIBILITY.
GOD BLESS ALL WHO MIGHT JOURNEY THROUGH THESE PAGES...
