Jackson, Mississippi visual artist/art historian, Pan-Africanist, Harold S. Dorsey graduated from Arkansas AM&N College (now The University of Arkansas-Pine Bluff in 1960 and studied there under Art Professor John Howard. Dorsey taught art at Prairie View A&M University for 20 years before retiring in 2008.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Sketch of the Lovely, Petite Poet Warrior Sonia Sanchez
Originally we met in 1973 at the Phillis Wheatley Poetry Festival sponsored at Jackson State University by Dr. Margaret Walker Alexander. I got her to sign the sketch Saturday, April 9, 2011 after Ms. Sanchez's morning address at the Margaret Walker Center Creative Arts Festival.
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I appreciate you peering in my window this evening at the Mississippi Museum of Art and making some time to engage me with an impromptu African Art History lesson. Your demeanor was calm and collected and gave me a sense of peace being in your presence. Thank you for the signed copy of your portrait of Sonja Sanchez pictured above. I will definitely take some time to read her poetry and go check out your mural at the new JSU downtown campus.
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