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Indepth Arts News: "COLORFULLY BOLD : The Creative World of Synthia SAINT JAMES" 2010-08-29 until 2010-12-12 African American Atelier Greensboro, NC, USA United States of America
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The work of self-taught artist Synthia SAINT JAMES cannot be mistaken for anyone else's. Every painting she creates carries her unique trademark of brilliant color and lithe body language. Her inspiration is derived partly from her culturally rich ancestry of African-American-Cherokee-Haitian.
SAINT JAMES, is an international award-winning self-taught artist. She is the designer of the first United States Postal Stamp for the Kwanzaa holiday and has written and or illustrated 13 children’s picture books, 3 poetry and prose books, 4 children’s activity books, a cookbook, and a postcard book. Her paintings grace the covers of over 70 books, including books by Pulitzer Prize winning author Alice Walker, New York Times bestselling author IyanlaVanzant, and books by Terry McMillan.
Synthia SAINT JAMES was honored with the 2004 Woman of the Year Award in Education by the Los Angeles County Commission for Women and she is a proud recipient of The HistoryMakers Award. In the fall of 2006 she received both the MOSTE Inspirational Women Award and the Samella Award for her artistry, and designed the "We See You Award". In 2010 she received the prestigious Trumpet Award for the “Arts” in Atlanta, Georgia, was inducted into the National Organization of Women Business Owners, Los Angeles, Hall of Fame, and receive her first Honorary Doctorate Degree from Saint Augustine’s College, Raleigh, NC.
SAINT JAMES has completed numerous commissioned signature images for non-profit organizations including the International Association of Black Professional Fire Fighters; Children’s Institute International; the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles; the Harlem Book Fair; the United Way; and the National Education Association.
Her architectural designs include a 150 foot ceramic tile mural for Ontario, California’s international airport, 6 - 9x4 foot elevator doors for a building in California’s State Capitol’s East End Complex, Sacramento, California, stained glass windows for the West Tampa Library in Tampa, Florida, and a 4x7 foot ceramic tile mural (inspired by Dr. Maya Angelou’s poem “On the Pulse of Morning”), commissioned by Gibson, Dunn, Crutcher LLP for Cowan Elementary School in Westchester, California. She was also commissioned to create the 3x6 foot painting that hangs in the Women's Center of Glendale Memorial Hospital in Glendale, California..
She has recently created signature paintings for Children's Institute International's "Project Fatherhood", Susan G. Komen for the Cure's "Circle of Promise" campaign for which she now serves as a National Ambassador, and “Crowns” for Regina Taylor’s play Crowns.
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Meet Synthia Saint James on August 29 at 3:00pm at the opening of Colorfully Bold at African American Atelier on Greensboro, North Carolina. The exhibit showcases new and original work by Synthia Saint James, designer of the first USPS Kwanzaa Stamp. African American Atelier will open its exhibition of internationally renowned artist Synthia Saint James. As a Premiere Portfolio Member, Synthia Saint James has promoted her work at absolutearts.com since
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