“Honors Mindset” – Acrylic on Canvas – 36×24″ – (2017)
Commissioned by the National Association of African American Honors Programs and recently unveiled on Friday, November 10th at the NAAAHP’s Conference in Atlanta, GA.
This week, enjoy the many gifts created by Visual Artist Synthia SAINT JAMES, and thank you for joining us here at TribeLA Magazine!
Synthia SAINT JAMES is an international award winning artist and designer of the first United States Postal Stamp for the Kwanzaa holiday. She has to date written and or illustrated 13 children’s picture books, 3 poetry and prose books, 4 children’s activity books, a cookbook, and a postcard book, and we’re just getting started.
She received her first Honorary Doctorate Degree (Doctor of Humane Letters) from Saint Augustine’s College, Raleigh, NC on May 8, 2010; the Historical Black College, where her foundation, The Synthia SAINT JAMES Fine Arts Institution is being established. Synthia, is also the recipient of the 2008 Woman of the Year Award for the 26th Senate District, and she has garnered numerous other awards, including the a Parent’s Choice Silver Honor, a Coretta Scott King Honor, and an Oppenheim Gold Award all for her books.
TribeLA Magazine Acrostic Interview.1
Tagline: Give yourself and your work a slogan and tell us why.
“The Creative World of Synthia SAINT JAMES” — I’ve used this description for many years because of the variety of my creative work and endeavors, such as in the visual arts I am a painter, architectural designer (ceramic tile designs for the Ontario International Baggage Claim, Ontario, CA, and Cowan Elementary School, Westchester, CA, stained glass window designs for the West Tampa Library, Tampa, FL, elevator door designs for a government building in the East End Complex adjacent to the State Capitol Building in Sacramento, CA, and mural designs for two affordable living complexes – all of which was fabricated by other artists who specialized in each medium.), and illustrator of children’s picture books. I’m an author (writer) of children’s books, poetry and prose, lyrics for songs (songwriter), affirmation books, a cookbook, and an autobiographical art marketing book. I have a background in the performing arts, primarily in the mid-late 1970’s, that included a couple of films and television (a national McDonald’s commercial as the spokesperson). I’m an art educator and artist-in-residence, who works nationally with colleges and universities lecturing, teaching master classes and facilitating various workshops.
This article originally published 11.19.17 and has recently been updated. For more Synthia SAINT JAMES, follow the links below:
SynthiaSAINTJAMES.com
APBSpeakers.com/speaker/synthia-saint-james
squareup.com/store/atelier-saint-james
https://tribelamagazine.com/art-today-11-25-17-meet-dr-synthia-saint-james-atelier-read-entire-acrostic-interview/
https://tribelamagazine.com/art-today-11-22-17-kwanzaa-forever-postage-stamp-synthia-saint-james/