This image is from another time, a time with hope for a better future. Howard?s mother was an activist who worked hard to create that better future for her community, making sure the BART system was not allowed to be above ground as planned, dividing Berkeley along racial lines. Howard's work contains a gritty humanism that broadens our understanding of each other and of historical events. Mildred Howard is a conceptual artist whose work addresses African American history and social memory. Avenues Along the Key System Route II (2013) is a unique monoprint incorporating chine collŽ and layered imagery. The composition references transportation routes and urban history. Framed at 34 by 26.5 inches, the artwork is in very good condition. Howard is an artist, activist, teacher, mother and grandmother, born and raised in the Bay Area. Known for her sculptural installations and mixed-media assemblage work, Howard has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Adeline Kent Award from the San Francisco Art Institute, the Joan Mitchell Foundation and a fellowship from the California Arts Council.In 2011, the city of Berkeley honored Howard by declaring March 29, 2011 to be Mildred Howard Day. As San Francisco Chronicle writer Leah Garchik explains: Howard, a San Francisco-born artist whose work is at the Oakland Museum of California, the de Young, SFMOMA, the San Jose Museum of Art and elsewhere, has founded educational programs, managed an art and communities program at the Exploratorium, and was executive director of the Edible Schoolyard. She?s been involved with nearly every university and art institution in the Bay Area and has also worked in Alameda County Juvenile Hall and in various Bay Area jails.Howard has lived in Berkeley since 1949 and has lived a uniquely engaged life; as a teenager, she shook hands with John F. Kennedy and had lunch with Fannie Lou Hamer, and recalls seeing Muhammad Ali shadowboxing his way down Adeline one morning in the early 1970s. She was a member of SNCC and CORE, protested segregation in Berkeley schools, and continues to work with youth and emerging artists both in the Bay Area and internationally.We do not offer in-house shipping but you can arrange your own by contacting one of these four trusted shippers who can deliver your artworks to you safely and fully insured. They will bill you directly. Jackie at UPS: store1750@theupsstore.comHagen Kerr: qualityshippingunlimited@gmail.comArmadillo: info@armadillosantafe.comADS: david@artdeliveryservice.com

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