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I have crossed over many bridges. I have seen many bridges. I have been under many bridges and at the end of each bridge, there is hope and light.                                            Cross Bridges. Digital art created on canvas. Afrika Abney    

  "We need joy as we need air. We need love as we need water. We need each other as we need the earth we share." Maya Angelou                                 Creative Expressions of Joy. Digital art created on canvas. Afrika Abney

I grew up in America and in Ward 7 neighborhood. I grew up examining the colors, textures, and materials available to me searching for answers to the many questions floating within me. I grew up in a household without my siblings and father absence. Thus, I consider myself like an only child and alone in a world filled with racism, discrimination, prejudice, violence and corruption. I express my experiences that I have encountered through my visual artwork. Painting the world, society and community that I have witnessed as a black female in America using dull, vibrant, and dark colors.  You ask me time and time again, how was growing up in America for me? I say all the time, it was an experience filled with sorrow, trauma, grief, hope, and absence.  Growing Up in America.Digital art created on canvas. Afrika Abney     Quote found on the Internet "Lorraine Vivian Hansberry was a playwright and writer. She was the first African-American female author to hav...

 As racism still exists today, I continue to fight against racism. No one should be judged based on the color of their skin. Too many people judge one another because of their race. Many of my ancestors fought against racism. Racism is not a pleasant experience and many black people still experience racism in today's society? Why? Because refuse to recognize that there is only one human race and that is equality.                                                                       Quote found on the Internet                                                                    ...

  I met Mama Kadiatou Conte many years ago. I provide services for her company. November 4, 1999. Dance Performance. African American Heritage Celebration. Soul In Motion Players, Inc African Drummers featured Balafon Women's Ensemble. Bowie State University, Bowie MD https://www.facebook.com/balafondance/ "Kadiatou Conte Forte  (affectionately referred to as Mama Kadiatou) devotes her life and career to passing on her African dance mastery and creating authentic dance experiences. Whether experienced artists, young people, or members of the community of all ages, she encourages everyone to know and embrace their own style and challenge themselves. Her extensive career teaching and performing around the world has earned her respect and acknowledgment as a grand “Mama” of the African arts world. ​ Along with dance, Mama Kadiatou teaches the importance of mental and physical fortitude and the importance of loving and accepting ourselves and one another. Grounded in h...

 Blended families consist of warm colors, cool colors and neutral colors. "Warm colors are created using just two colors: red and yellow. These primary colors combine to make orange."  "Unlike warm colors, there is only one primary color, blue, in the cool colors. So to get other colors in the palette, you mix some red or yellow with blue to get green and purple. This makes green and purple warmer than blue, which is a pure cool color." "Neutral colors consist of brown, which is a combination of all three primary colors, and the two remaining colors: black and white. The more muddied or gray a color is, the more neutral it becomes."  When I think of utilizing all three colors on the color wheel, I think the composition, technique, and materials used to create my painting. For example, if I want to create a painting just using cool colors to represent blended families, I will use blue. Blue is the one color that I use to create more colors. In or...

    In 2020, Esther Productions, Inc hosted it's 1st Reconciliation Week. Please join Esther Productions, Inc for Reconciliation Week 2022. THE NATIONAL RECONCILIATION WEEK was created around the belief that family is the institutional foundation for everything—the individual and society. If it is weak or unstable, then the individual, without interventions, also will not possess the necessary strength of character and purpose to achieve in life. A community without cohesive, strong and loving families will be marked by various socio-economic and debilitating challenges. The program is held each June and features an array of experts, practitioners and creative healers whose focus is to assist individuals, families and communities in becoming their best selves through a reconciliation system as developed by jonetta rose barras.  The National Reconciliation Week: For Self and Family                       ...

    Upon reading the book, Discover Me... Without You edited by Jonetta Rose Barras and published by Jonetta Rose Barras and Esther Productions, Inc, I found that the book very therapeutic for as an adult woman who grew up without her father. I believe that each of the authors wrote about the various symptoms that around this global issue very well and were very fortunate to be apart of such contribution to society. This is the first book that was recently published from the contest participants. Reviewed by Ms. Afrika Abney May 13, 2020   Discover Me..Without You Chapbook - Available on April 4, 2020 Discovering Me...Without You book title came from the Annual Personal Essay Contest that took place from September 2019 - November 1, 2019 and was designed for teen girls 14-17 and to aid in the healing of fatherless girls by using the personal essay to help them discover their personal strengths and resilience.  ​ ​Order at  https://www.estherproductio...