Exhibitions
EADJ FAMILY HOLIDAY CELEBRATION
Begonia Labs (Vanderbilt University) / 2805 West End Ave. December 14th
James Kuol Makuac
The Engine for Art, Democracy, and Justice (EADJ) Team will host a Family Holiday Celebration on Saturday, December 14, 2024, from 12:00 to 3:00 p.m. The celebration will take place at Begonia Labs: 2805 West End Ave.
In partnership with the Nashville International Center for Empowerment.
This event is free and open to the public. We look forward to welcoming you and your families!
Event Details:
Exhibition Tour at 12:30 pm: my heart is strong because i walked on blistered feet.
Story Time at 2:30 pm: Read Brothers in Hope: The Story of the Lost Boys of the Sudan and My Life Before featured in our Reading Space
Color with James Makuac’s Paintings: Create your own version of the paintings featured in James Kuol Makuac: my heart is strong because i walked on blistered feet.
Art & Poetry: Write What You See: Get inspired by the artist’s poetry in his book My Life Before and write your own poetry in response.
Meet the Artist: James Kuol Makuac will be present.
James Kuol Makuac (b. South Sudan, 1976; lives in Nashville) has nurtured an art practice of contemporary Sudanese painting for the past twenty years. As one The Lost Boys of Sudan, young men who resettled in the U.S. as refugees of war, his vibrant and expressive paintings often bridge the culture of the South Sudanese people and his American life. His work has been shown in local and traveling exhibitions, including Lending Library, Metro Arts Commission and Nashville Public Library, Our Directional Light, Leu Gallery, Belmont University, and Life Before, University School of Nashville. His paintings are in public and private collections such as The Tennessee State Museum, Tyson Foods, and the Nashville Convention Center. Makuac, who speaks several languages, including Dinka, Arabic, Swahili, and Spanish, works as a translator at Tyson Foods. In 2020, he was selected as one of Nashville’s Most Fascinating People by Nashville Lifestyles Magazine.
