Cover-Up Girl – Sister of the Nubian Diaspora Mural
Cover-Up Girl reveals the passionate freedom of womanhood.
This Nubian archetype makes no excuses for herself. She is a natural, colorful, bejeweled expression of power, control, and dominion over her earthly environment seen in the colors of her torso.
Her brightly colored, flowing hair depicts freedom of thought. The colors and shades of her facial features represent the journey of the Black Woman… Sister of the Nubian Diaspora.
Without apology, she bares and boasts fertile breasts that nurture and feed humanity. Her mask covers and reveals evidence of the African American experience. Yet, this Nubian archetype makes no excuses for herself, her experience, or her birthright as the daughter of Ancient Kemet. She sees each aspect of herself as that which keeps universal order.
Cleaster Cotton, a contemporary primal artist, was born and reared in Brooklyn, New York. Seeking exposure to world cultures, she has traveled abroad since adolescence. This has influenced how she views and creates art.
Cleaster has always been in the vanguard of cutting-edge, innovative, education and arts advancements. As a member of a team of community-based educators, she went to Europe, studied the Open Classroom School System, and brought collected data back to the United States for implementation.
In 2002, Cleaster invented the ALNUGE Method of teaching and learning. ALNUGE (ALphabets NUmbers GEometrics,) the New Age hieroglyphics and visual language supports brain health. Cotton’s contributions to academic, arts, and community-based curriculum have improved the effectiveness of educational institutions, community, and arts organizations across America.
Since 1998, Cleaster has been awarded hundreds of contracts as a sought-after Master Teaching Artist, Arts-in-Education (AIE) Creative Communications Specialist, and Cultural Conservationist. Cotton is serving her second term on the Board of Directors of LEAF Community Arts.
“We are all artists at birth. I love the powerful healing qualities of art and the way it embraces and joins people across the planet like global glue. Art nurtures children to grow into creative, productive, well-adjusted adults, and it transforms adults into innocent children with uncharted imaginations,” concluded Cleaster.
Cleaster Cotton’s 40-foot by 20-foot Cover-Up Girl (Sister of the Nubian Diaspora) Public Art Exhibit will be on display through September 30, 2015. The mural is located in the Pink Dog Creative parking lot (across from 342 Depot Street), in the heart of the River Arts District in Asheville. The art exhibit is free of charge, and open to the public 24 hours each day.
For purchase of the original, or prints, visit cleaster-cotton.artistwebsites.com. Sales benefit art and education for children. You may also contact ALNUGE, LLC, (828) 367-7708, [email protected]
