Life Pieces To Masterpieces

Providing opportunities for Black and Brown men & boys to activate their innate creativity & change challenges into possibilities! 🎨

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"My Bright Future," 2002
Acrylic-painted stitched canvas
"Higher learning is the key to success."

#art #painting

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This is one of the lineup of featured art prints for November! To see what's available this month, check out our portfolio site:
https://t.co/sJVEwoQ86r

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"My Dreams," 2004
Acrylic-painted stitched canvas
"I must do what I have to do so that my dreams come true: high school graduation, college, and the NFL."

#art #painting

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LPTM Apprentices worked on tape paintings! After applying masking tape, they applied watercolor paint to the paper, and then peeled off the tape to show the white stripes underneath.

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Paper prints of this painting are available here throughout November:
https://t.co/wLaxxpdjt1

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"My Bright Future," 2002
Acrylic-painted stitched canvas
"Higher learning is the key to success."

#art #painting

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We are so proud to announce that three of our amazing Life Pieces To Masterpieces Co-Educators and alumni, and one LPTM participant, received Right Direction Awards from @DCAttorneyGen last night!

We are so proud of these amazing young gentlemen!

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We've just released a new lineup of featured art prints for November! "Fist-Bumping the Ancestors" is one of them. To see what's available this month, check out our portfolio site:
https://t.co/y6dYbwSa8n

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"Fist-Bumping the Ancestors," 2019
Acrylic-painted stitched canvas
"If you reach up with your fist, the ancestors will reach down and fist bump you back.”

#art #painting

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Our young Apprentice is hard at work snipping out the perfect locks for his self-portrait!

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You can get them here:
https://t.co/A6bV5AFmUr

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We're in the last couple of days when you can grab one of our featured paper and canvas prints for October! Starting in November, we'll have a new selection of prints to choose from. 🎨

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The best STEM projects are the hands-on ones! LPTM's younger Apprentices got to learn about volcanoes and how they work last week.

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RSVP for this free event here!
https://t.co/2NLGDNg4Oz

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The closing reception for Life Pieces' art exhibition at @dcartscenter is coming up fast! Join us this Friday, October 30th, for a curatorial tour during the reception, from 6:00pm - 7:00pm.

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Here's a snippet of our artist talk and interview at @dcartscenter yesterday! We interviewed Avery Williams, a young man who grew up in Life Pieces and now works with us as a Co-Educator, leading a classroom full of young Apprentices who are just like he was years ago!

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Life Pieces' October lineup of featured paintings available as prints is up on our portfolio site! Grab "I Need a Brother to Stand II" as a canvas print:

https://t.co/fQA1MRVk9u

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I Need a Brother to Stand II," 1999
Acrylic-painted stitched canvas
"I need our brothers to stop killing each other, I need a brother to stand. And for all the brothers who are willing to stand, The door is always open."

#painting #art

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Life Pieces' October lineup of featured paintings available as prints is up on our portfolio site! Grab "Kite Day" as a canvas print:
https://t.co/bZ18xmLLXJ

#art #painting

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"Kite Day", 2009
Life Pieces To Masterpieces
Acrylic on canvas collage
"Every beautiful day is a Kite Day for me. It’s a chance to be at peace and a chance to have fun with my kite."

#art #painting

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Our premise: "Life Pieces To Masterpieces men are gentlemen, scholars, artists, and athletes!" means that we're always looking for ways to intersect academics, arts, and sports. What better way to do this than making art about sports?