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...
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LaShonda Cooks
- Apr 8, 2020
- 1 min
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....
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LaShonda Cooks
- Mar 29, 2020
- 1 min
Quarantine Creations
I hope you all are well. I'm doing pretty good. I keep my spirit up by binging on gospel.
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LaShonda Cooks
- Feb 19, 2019
- 2 min
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...
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LaShonda Cooks
- Sep 17, 2018
- 2 min
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...
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LaShonda Cooks
- Feb 9, 2018
- 1 min
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...
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LaShonda Cooks
- Sep 23, 2017
- 1 min
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...
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LaShonda Cooks
- Aug 5, 2017
- 3 min
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...
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LaShonda Cooks
- Sep 23, 2016
- 1 min
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...
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LaShonda Cooks
- Jun 5, 2016
- 2 min
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...
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LaShonda Cooks
- Aug 23, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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LaShonda Cooks
- Jul 21, 2015
- 1 min
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...
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LaShonda Cooks
- Jul 9, 2015
- 2 min
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...
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