" Home"- a virtual exhibit with Artist-in-Resident, Joe Diggs

About " Home"- a virtual exhibit with Artist-in-Resident, Joe Diggs...Zoom Event: Thursday, March 4 at 3pm

Artist's Statement: "My work has always assisted me with life on Micah's Pond, Cape Cod, a beautiful property once owned by my grandfather, then my father, now me."

"The process of painting has helped me emotionally by providing a physical escape. Blending figuration and abstraction with a basis or departure from landscape gives me the space to make emotionally hypnotic gestural works. An example of this is a series dedicated to the late James Byrd Jr. after being dragged to death in Jasper Texas. A later series, "Baller's" referring to the decline of African American men in Major League Baseball, was a point of departure into the world of racial inequalities. Realizing the importance of celebrating the positive in life, my latest works reflect a more romantic aspect of life as an African American man pursuing his dreams."