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As the dust settles
Last month, I survived the biggest challenge of my life - a grant. A city grant that brought together my wildest dreams and vision to...
LaShonda Cooks
Apr 9, 20192 min read
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Ripples
When I first saw the 24 x 24 inch blank canvas on my porch from Color Me Empowered two weeks ago, I had a million ideas. Fairytales....
LaShonda Cooks
Jan 5, 20241 min read
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2024
I'm thankful. Rested. Reset. And ready to work. Thanks to divine providence I had a couple more days off than I planned and I needed...
LaShonda Cooks
Jan 4, 20241 min read
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Creatively Coping
Creative Coping Mechanisms
LaShonda Cooks
Aug 23, 20201 min read
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Topsy-Turvy Reality
Hey yall! Some art friends and I got together to create our own Dont Rush Challenge video. I shot mine first. Succinct and to the point....
LaShonda Cooks
Apr 8, 20201 min read
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Quarantine Creations
I hope you all are well. I'm doing pretty good. I keep my spirit up by binging on gospel.
LaShonda Cooks
Mar 28, 20201 min read
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My Love Letter
Recently, I was asked to speak about my story: what inspires me, how I got started, what are my dreams and goals. The questions took me...
LaShonda Cooks
Feb 18, 20192 min read
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September 15
For the past two years, September 15th, my granny's birthday, has been marked by amazing milestones. Last year, I was in Boston...
LaShonda Cooks
Sep 17, 20182 min read
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Februartsy
February is my second favorite month. It's just so jammed pack with fun stuff: there's Valentine's Day, Black History Month and Mardi...
LaShonda Cooks
Feb 9, 20181 min read
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Pursuit of Womanhood Debrief
On Sept 15, Jamaal and I officially unveiled "A Coming of Age," our dual exhibit for Babson College. After months of painting and weeks...
LaShonda Cooks
Sep 23, 20171 min read
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Pursuit of Womanhood
I glanced around my studio early this year and sighed. From when I first picked up a paintbrush again in 2010, I’ve always like painting...
LaShonda Cooks
Aug 5, 20173 min read
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Art for All
Back when I was a ugrad student at Babson, I loved my time in the ceramics studio. It wasn't a popular place on campus, so I could...
LaShonda Cooks
Sep 23, 20161 min read
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What is art?
“Are you buying those?” a voice squealed over my right shoulder. I had spent the last three hours packed like sardines between two other...
LaShonda Cooks
Jun 5, 20162 min read
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Commissionable Me!
I'll be honest. As much as I love creating and depicting my own vision on canvas, much more of my projects have been commissions. Someone...
LaShonda Cooks
Aug 22, 20151 min read
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The Sound of Music
A How do you decide on a design? Here Google was a little less certain. The best piece of advice I found said to incorporate the violin's...
LaShonda Cooks
Jul 20, 20151 min read
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Five
Five years have passed since I moved back to my parent's house in Texas and started painting. I now laugh thinking about it: I had a...
LaShonda Cooks
Jul 9, 20152 min read
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