Them Aint Scraps...

"Them Ain’t Scraps Just Pieces of Love Ready to Tell a Story: The Artistry and Dedication of Adjoa J. Burrowes" was the title of an abstract presented by Children's Literature specialist Nancy D. Tolson at The Children’s Literature Association Conference at Simmons College in Boston June14. Tolson is also the author of "Black Children's Literature Got De Blues: The Creativity of Black Writers & Illustrators".
http://books.google.com/books/about/Black_Children_s_Literature_Got_de_Blues.html?id=-WIfAQAAIAAJ

Branching Out Beyond the Paint

	A 90 foot-long mosaic tile and painted mural "Branching Out Beyond the Paint," will be dedicated on Saturday, June 23, 2012 at 11:30 am at the White Oak Community Recreation Center in Montgomery County, MD. The mural and mosaic tile medallions were created by Arts on the Block's Summer 2011 teen apprentices and led by artist Adjoa Burrowes.

What I Represent

Students at a juvenile detention center in Maryland created personal symbols inspired by adinkra symbols and arranged them like Kente cloth designs.

Last Days at Argyle Middle School

Students reviewing a collage card made in the last class of the "Every Picture, Every Word" workshop that I designed and lead this fall. Students created collages, artists books and experimented with printmaking. The after-school program was sponsored by Arts on The Block and the Montgomery County Collaboration Council.