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Amy Bryan has been creating three-dimensional artwork since she was a young child. She drew faces on the dolls that she and her grandmother created. Amy’s family encouraged her natural art abilities and provided her with materials and classes. She has a BA from Xavier University and a Master’s in Fine Arts from Howard University. Amy teaches art classes at Tuskegee University.
During a class called “The Black Aesthetic”, Amy became fascinated with the symbolism of masks in African culture. She feels that her artwork has been greatly influenced by her upbringing in New Orleans, where the architecture and unique history of generations of families has created a vivid creative atmosphere. Amy’s masks are made from Sculpey clay, onto which she applies various Asian papers. She is not trying to emulate people or animals, but the drama and texture of the life she knows.
Amy’s art can also be seen at the National Center for the Study of Civil Rights and African American Culture, Montgomery.
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