Preserving and Elevating People of Color
Life Through Art
Life Through Art brings unconventional art to the forefront of education as it highlights two African-American artists and their unique genres of art: FOLK and INSTALLATION ART. Each episode explores how the artist, using their different styles, reflect and improve their life and the lives of others.
Episode 1: Folk Art
The Personal History of a Colorful Family
This first installment of "Life Through Art" came together through the familial ties of our founder, Linda Gibbs. After 20 years of research, the missing pieces fit together to show a cautionary tale for families everywhere.
In this first series, we define FOLK ART, an especially unique art form heralded by the African-American community. It also chronicles the rise of African-American Folk Artist, Ezekiel Gibbs, who began his career at age 86. Gibbs, at the time, was the oldest working artist in Texas and quickly gained popularity in his community and beyond. Art curators and buyers from all over the country came to Ezekiel's home to see the folk phenomenon many were talking about. However, not all who visited Ezekiel had good intentions.
A Warm Reception
Gibbs Media Group had the honor hosting the first showing of Life Through Art's "Ezekiel Gibbs" at the Glassell School of Art on August 15, 2019 in the Favrot Auditorium. Family and friends were given the private privilege to have the first look of the completed work.