Vicki Meek, Ida B Wells, Mixed media diptych with giclee collage, acrylic, prismacolor pencil on birch wood, Large medallion: 18h x 18w inches Small medallion: 8h x 8w inches, 2024.
National Juneteenth Museum. Museum purchase. Images courtesy of the artist.
Vicki Meek, Ella Baker, Mixed media diptych with giclee collage, acrylic, prismacolor pencil on birch wood, Large medallion: 18h x 18w inches Small medallion: 8h x 8w inches, 2024.
National Juneteenth Museum. Museum purchase. Images courtesy of the artist.
Works by Dallas artist Vicki Meek also join the collection, including two works from Meek’s series on Black female leaders, Ida B. Wells and Ella Baker, illustrating pivotal and often overlooked figures within the civil rights movement. Meek is a trailblazing artist whose work highlights the complex realities of the Black experience and the main cultural bearers who have made an impact in history.