This is an original art piece, handmade by the artist for the USTA’s Black Lives To The Front Original Art Exhibit at the 2020 US Open. This piece was displayed in the front row seats of Arthur Ashe Stadium at the 2020 US Open.
“Black and Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) are often underrepresented in education. Given little chance to excel. My series “The New Black ABC’s” addresses these issues boldly, by proposing an alternate history. What would have happened if COVID-19 would have taken place 50 years ago? Portraying measures that we would have hoped to have been taken to ensure their safety. "E is for everybody.” is a pivotal flash card in this series, reminding us all that we are in this struggle together. We have a responsibility to care for one another to ensure a brighter tomorrow. That “everybody” deserves a chance to achieve their dreams.”…Sammy Jean Wilson
The USTA Foundation Incorporated is donating 50% of the net proceeds from the auctioning of this item to the Pete Brown Junior Tennis Program, in honor of the artist.
Bid now on this original piece of artwork and own a piece of Black Lives to the Front history from the 2020 US Open!
Artist: Sammy Jean Wilson
Title: The New Black ABC’S: (E is for everybody)
Year created: 2020
Medium: UV print with acrylic gouache, vinyl + acrylic paint on canvas
Height (unframed, inches): 25
Width (unframed, inches): 17
Depth (unframed, inches): 3/16.
Description of piece:
This piece will be in an acrylic shadow box with a 3 inch margin on each side and the dimensions framed are: height: 28 inches; width: 20 inches; depth: 2 inches). Background material that the art will be mounted to is a 9.3 oz linen canvas.
Artist bio:
Sammy Jean Wilson hails from rural Wisconsin and inner-city Detroit, with a diverse multi-racial background (African American, Caucasian, Native American). Working in the domain of digital art/ mixed-media illustration, her content muses an alternate history, re-appropriating images of the past while focusing on stereotypes and identity as they relate to: race, body politics, class, self-awareness, storytelling, food and culture.