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class="container s-lib-side-borders"></div> <!-- BEGIN: Guide Content --> <div id="s-lg-guide-main" class="container s-lib-main s-lib-side-borders" tabindex="-1"> <div class="row s-lg-row"><div id="s-lg-col-126" class="col-md-12"><div class="s-lg-col-boxes s-lg-box-special"><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-32237761" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-32237761"><div id="s-lg-box-27416680-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-27416680" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Guide to Fiber Artist Dindga McCannon</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-27416680" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-63565574" class=" clearfix"> <p><span style="font-size: 16px;">This guide will assist users and scholars in locating information and artwork by Fiber Artist Dindga McCannon. Included is information about&nbsp;primary resources, books and visual materials.</span></p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div></div><div class="row s-lg-row"><div id="s-lg-col-1" class="col-md-3"><div class="s-lg-col-boxes"><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-32237758" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-32237758"><div id="s-lg-box-27416677-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-27416677" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">"A Day in the Life of a Black Woman Artist"</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-27416677" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-63565572" class=" clearfix"> <p><img alt="" loading="lazy" src="https://libapps.s3.amazonaws.com/accounts/128682/images/PA.98.007.jpg" style="width: 283px; height: 390px;" /></p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div></div></div></div><div id="s-lg-col-2" class="col-md-6"><div class="s-lg-col-boxes"><div id="s-lg-box-wrapper-32237759" class="s-lg-box-wrapper-32237759"><div id="s-lg-box-27416678-container" class="s-lib-box-container"> <div id="s-lg-box-27416678" class="s-lib-box s-lib-box-std"> <h2 class="s-lib-box-title">Artist Biography</h2><div id="s-lg-box-collapse-27416678" > <div class="s-lib-box-content"> <div id="s-lg-content-63565573" class=" clearfix"> <p>&nbsp;In 1947 Fiber and mixed media artist&nbsp;Dindga&nbsp;McCannon was born and raised in Harlem,&nbsp;New York.&nbsp; At an early age&nbsp;her Grandmother and mother taught her how to sew, knit, and make embroidery.&nbsp; These foundational skills laid the groundwork for her to build upon a professional career as an artist.&nbsp; As a teenager she exhibited with a Harlem based art collective called the <em>Twentieth Century Creators</em> at the first annual&nbsp;Harlem Outdoor art show. In 1965 McCannon became a member of WEUSI, an African American artists collective based in Harlem and inspired by the Black Arts Movement.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Black Arts Movement emphasized an ethos that encouraged the artists to cultivate a Black Aesthetic that promoted African iconography with an infusion of bold, bright colors, patterns and Black subject matter.</p> <p>McCannon&rsquo;s work has been described as <em>Afrofemcentric</em>, a term coined by art historian Dr. Frieda High Tesfgiorgis, as a consolidation of Black Liberation and women&#39;s issues, in harmony with both. This philosophy has sustained and informed McCannon&rsquo;s work for over 50 years. Her art practice has included publishing children&rsquo;s books, illustration, fashion and jewelry design, mural painting, printmaking, and set design. 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