Featuring Adeyinka Fashokun, Ed. D. Artist, Educator, Advocate for the Free-Thinker

Dr. Adeyinka Fashokun was born in 1954 in Imesi-Ile, Oshun State, Nigeria where he received his early education and training. Adeyinka came to California in 1981 to attend California College of Arts and Crafts in Oakland. He received his Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in General Design majoring in Graphic Design and Illustration. He earned his Masters Degree in Art Education with Distinction. He then went to the University of San Francisco where he received his Doctoral degree in Education. He majored in Curriculum and Instruction with the major focus on Visual Arts Education. I met Adeyinka in 1982 at California College of Arts and Crafts where I too was a student.  I knew then that this friend was destined to do great things.  Please click on his photo above to view his web site called Graphosedfix.  His art is ever evolving.    Please enter his name in your chosen browser to view his other accomplishments in the San Francisco/Bay Area.

Also Featuring Mathew Bernard Wray Percussionist of the African Diaspora

Mathew Bernard Wray, familiarly known as Bernard Wray was born in Washington D.C. in 1950.  Though his education lends more to film and media his pursuit in life is music, specifically the disciplines of West African drums.   From the 1980s to the present Bernard's journey has taken him to the drum communities of Washington D.C., Seattle, Cuba, Brazil and Trinidad.  He has studied and performed across the US.  Please click on Bernard's photo above to view his journey.  Click HERE to view his Performance Biography.

Click on Adeyinka's photo to view his website Graphosedfix.org

Click on Bernard's photo to view a this remarkable person's journeys and mission

Also Featuring Holly Calica Artist and Educator

Excerpt, Holly Calica's words, from the site MesaArt Third generation Pilipina American, I teach art to children in San Francisco, as well as study and perform traditional Philippine, Afro-Brazilian music and dance. As a painter and printmaker, I continue my dream of studying traditional arts abroad and using artwork as a means to educate and help maintain tribal arts and culture being disrupted by the global market. In 2005-2006, I have donated a major portion of sales to survivors of the Katrina Hurricane through the Congo Square Revival Initiative. Holly is an exceptional Artist and Educator and an Itinerant Art Teacher for the San Francisco Unified School District.   Please view her art work at MesaArt and her mission at Student Digital Arts where you can also view artwork from her 4th and 5th grade art students. Holly is also a dancer.  The photograph above shows her creatively poised as a member of the Palabuniyan Kulintang Ensemble.