Welcome to the Studio Noize fam!
Studio Noize is a space for us to celebrate the Black creatives that are redefining the art world. You learn so much about an artists and their art by having a conversation with them. I always get charged up and excited after those studio visits. It doesn’t matter if it’s a superstar artists like Deborah Roberts or Bisa Butler, or a legend in the game like David Driskell or Kevin “WAK” Williams, or an emerging artist doing their first solo show. Every artist has a story behind what they do. We are sharing a creative energy. You feel it in their air. You get to take some of that inspiration and passion back with you to your studio. I want everybody to get that excitement and to keep motivated to make their best art.
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JBarber
Artist, printmaker, host of Studio Noize
JBarber Bio:
Jamaal Barber is a creative imaginative soul who was born in Virginia and raised in North Carolina. In 2013, after seeing a screen printing demo at a local art store, Jamaal started experimenting with printmaking and made it his primary focus. His woodcuts and mixed media prints can be seen on display at ZuCot Gallery. They have also been included in the Decatur Arts Festival, Atlanta Print Biennial Show and at various art shows around the Metro Atlanta area. Additionally, Jamaal has done work for Twitter, the New York Times, Penguin Random House, Black Art in America and Emory University.
In 2004, Jamaal moved to Atlanta, GA where he now resides with his wife and two children.
New to the Noize?
If you just found the Studio Noize podcast, congrats you’ve got over 100 episodes of the best of Black art waiting for you. To help you get started check out this playlist of some of JBarber’s favorite episodes.
Featuring:
Deborah Robert, Bisa Butler, David C. Driskell, Ronald Jackson, Dr. Christena Cleveland, Delita Martin, and Steve Prince
