Mary Lovelace O’Neill was my professor, advisor, and mentor at UC Berkeley from 1988 to 1991. There were only a few African-Americans present in the arts department at that time, so for me, her presence was welcomed in the space…

For me mentors have always been an essential part of my creative process way before I ever entered a classroom or studio. They were family, elders, neighbors and friends way before the teachers and fellow artists…

After the Altadena Fires, by invitation, I joined Tami Outterbridge, artist Charles Dickson, and others at the site of the Outterbridge family home in Altadena to participate in excavating objects…