Vinnie Bagwell | Black History in Public Life

VIRTUAL ARTIST TALK

Join Vinnie as she discusses her career as a sculptor whose work starts in clay.

*This webinar was originally aired February 3rd, 2021, 7pm Eastern Time via Zoom.

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Vinnie Bagwell

is a New York native and renowned artist who led the conception and development of the Enslaved Africans' Rain Garden in Yonkers, NY (http://enslavedafricansraingarden.org/), and whose achievements include being awarded with public work commissions in New York and across the US. Vinnie was recently a guest on a panel discussion at Clay Art Center “The Role of Art in the Fight For Social Justice”.

Vinnie Bagwell was born in Yonkers, and grew up in the Town of Greenburgh in Westchester County. She displayed a remarkable gift for drawing at an early age and developed a passion for painting in high school. A Morgan State University alumna, Vinnie is an untutored artist, and began sculpting in 1993.

Vinnie’s multidisciplinary work crosses over between illustration, graphic design, painting and sculpture. Her portraits display immense spirit and verisimilitude, and have souls, which grandly speak to viewers. She has powers of observation, and an innate understanding of proportion.

Vinnie is also co-author of "A Study of African-American Life in Yonkers From the Turn of the Century". Vinnie was recently announced as a winner of an award from Americans for the Arts.