With much anticipation and the portraits finally complete, all of the models and artist came together for a wonderful evening of empowerment through art. The survivors saw their portraits for the first time.
“Korlah” is made almost entirely from hand sculpted and hand painted bisque tile. The space around Korlah represents her poetry and rich inner life. It is filled with text and images reflecting her many interests. Mannequins, dancers, and musical notes represent her fashion designing and dancing, while text points not only to her poetry, but also her aspirations to make a positive difference in the world. Her shirt is reminiscent of a traditional African design, paying homage to the pride of her heritage. In the shirt I hand sculpted children’s hands, representing her charity work and desire to help inner city women and children in need. There is a dove of peace over her heart, more dancers, and also shoes, purses, perfume, clothing, and flowers representing her love of femininity and expressions of creativity.
Korlah sees her piece for the first time.
This fantastic experience was not the end. The artwork will now begin to tour the world and be added to by other artists and survivors.
The exhibition has already scheduled projects in New York, London, New Zealand, China, Mexico, and the Congo and other parts of Africa.. As it makes its way, I’ll be sure to keep you posted!
The paper’s GEORGEA KOVANIS writes about Tiffany Miller Mosaics Mid-Western premiere at the 323 EAST Gallery, in downtown, fashionable Royal Oak. Here’s what she said:
Seek out a new Royal Oak gallery
BY GEORGEA KOVANIS • FREE PRESS COLUMNIST • MAY 25, 2008
Check out what I found at cnn.com about the auction.
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — Heavy metal fans aren’t usually seen making bids at high-end auctions, but they turned out in numbers to snatch up a coat with embroidered bats, sneakers with skulls on them and other items put up for sale by Ozzy Osbourne.“We had Ozzy fans bidding against these sophisticated fine art buyers, which you don’t see every day,” said Darren Julien, whose company, Julien’s Auctions, ran the charity sale Friday and Saturday. “For the most part the metalheads were outbidding the art crowd.”
Bidders came from as far as Germany to try to buy belongings from the Beverly Hills mansion formerly owned by the rocker and former star of “The Osbournes” reality show
The auction brought in $800,000 — more than twice the amount Julien predicted. All proceeds from the sale go to The Sharon Osbourne Colon Cancer Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.
Tiffany gives the basic steps on how to make a Sassy Girl Mosaic.
Read more about the Sassy Girl Mosaic Wall Hanging on the HGTV page tor Tiffany’s episode of “That’s Clever!”