The Poet, The Preacher, and The Painter

Detail of the "Black Drones" Constellation in 'Deanna Bowen: Black Drones in the Hive' at Esker Foundation. Photo by Blaine Campbell.

Cheryl Foggo

The Poet, The Preacher, and The Painter
A response to Deanna Bowen: Black Drones in the Hive

L-R: “The Poet” Ethel Lewis. Photo by Dorothy Russell; “The Preacher” Rev. Andrew Risby at the Glad Tidings Mission; “The Painter” Phillip Risby (with Cheryl Foggo).

L-R: "The Poet" Ethel Lewis. Photo by Dorothy Russell; "The Preacher" Rev. Andrew Risby at the Glad Tidings Mission, Courtesy of Standard Church Archives; "The Painter" Phillip Risby (with Cheryl Foggo), Photo by Clem Martini.

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Author, historian, and filmmaker Cheryl Foggo journeys through Calgary’s Black History as she narrates the lives, works, experiences, and connections between three seminal figures: The Poet, Ethel Lewis, who lived off and on in Calgary and southern Alberta from 1892 until her passing in 1960; The Preacher, Andrew Risby (brother of artist Deanna Bowen’s grandfather,) who was born in Campsie, Alberta in 1917 and pastored a Black church in Calgary from 1946 until his passing in 2002; and The Painter, Phillip Risby, an artist born in Calgary and still alive today.

Installation view of 'Deanna Bowen: Black Drones in the Hive' at Esker Foundation. Photo by Blaine Campbell.

Deanna Bowen: Black Drones in the Hive

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