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Letitia Huckaby

Benbrook, Texas

Artist Statement

40 Acres…Gumbo Ya Ya, is a poetic examination of a promise made by Union General William Sherman for agrarian reform to enslaved African American farmers. Gumbo Ya Ya means, “everybody talks at once.” Referencing broken agreements (just words) and the continual discussion (everybody talking at once) about the Blues originating past. Images taken in Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas depict a rural southern landscape, the reality and longings of a neglected culture steeped in disappointment. Framed in vintage embroidery hoops, the landscape embodies the hopes and dreams of one generation to the next.

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Letitia Huckaby's Portfolio

…And a Mule. 2017 pigment print on fabric 61 ½” h x 45” w
Grant Street Eden 2017 pigment print on fabric with vintage embroidery hoop 19” h x 16 ¼” w
Murky Water 2017 pigment print on fabric with vintage embroidery hoop 14 ¾” h x 14½” w
Clarence’s Ol Trailer 2017 pigment print on fabric with vintage embroidery hoop 11 ¼” h x 21” w
Wilson Burning Brush 2017 pigment print on fabric with vintage embroidery hoop 17 ½” h x 22” w
Bayou L’Ours 2017 pigment print on fabric with vintage embroidery hoop 27 ½” h x 14” w
Sugarland 2017 pigment print on fabric with vintage embroidery hoop 18” h x 27 ½” w
Dixon Correctional Institute 2017 pigment print on fabric with vintage embroidery hoop 18 ½” h x 27 ¼” w
Waxahachie Cotton 2017 pigment print on fabric with vintage embroidery hoop 16 ¼” h x 20 ½” w
All Things Are Possible 2017 pigment print on fabric with vintage embroidery hoop 24” h x 22 ½” w
Bud’s House 2017 pigment print on fabric with vintage embroidery hoop 10 ¾” h x 16 ½” w
Clothesline 2017 pigment print on fabric with vintage embroidery hoop 15” h x 14 ½” w
Old Slave Quarters 2017 pigment print on fabric with vintage embroidery hoop 26” w x 19” h
Mississippi Delta Row 2017 pigment print on fabric with vintage embroidery hoop 17 ¼” h x 12 ½” w
Zachary Black Catfish 2017 pigment print on fabric with vintage embroidery hoop 22” h x 16 ¾” w

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Artist Biography

Since obtaining her Master’s degree from the University of North Texas in 2010, Letitia Huckaby has been blessed to exhibit as an emerging artist at the Dallas Contemporary, the Galveston Arts Center, Renaissance Fine Art in Harlem curated by Deborah Willis, PhD, the McKenna Museum in New Orleans, the Camden Palace Hotel in Cork City, Ireland, the Texas Biennial at Blue Star Contemporary Art Museum and the Anzenberger Gallery in Vienna, Austria. The work is included in several prestigious collections; the Library of Congress, the Art Museum of Southeast Texas, the Brandywine Workshop in Philadelphia, and the Samella Lewis Contemporary Art Collection at Scripps College in Claremont, California. Ms. Huckaby ais represented by the Liliana Bloch Gallery in Dallas and the Anzenberger Gallery in Vienna, Austria.

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