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Seitu Jones
American Artist / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Seitu Jones (born 1951, Minneapolis, Minnesota) is a multi-disciplinary artist and community organizer known for his large-scale public artworks and environmental design. Working both independently and in collaboration with other artists, Jones has created over forty large-scale public art works.[2][3]
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Seitu Kenneth Jones | |
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Born | 1951 |
Nationality | American |
Education | M.L.S. in Environmental History and a B.S. in Landscape Design[1] |
Alma mater | University of Minnesota |
Known for | Public artist |
Notable work | “Turnip Greens” Nashville Farmers Market, Nashville, TN, 2019; “At the Crossroads: A Community Meal,” Newfields, Indianapolis, IN, 2019; “Shadows at the Crossroads,” Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, MN, 2019 (collaboration with Ta-coumba T. Aiken and Soyini Guyton); “CREATE: The Community Meal,” St. Paul, MN, 2014 ; Rice Street, Dale Street and Lexington Parkway Light Rail Stations, St. Paul, MN, 2014; Storyteller’s Bench, Rondo Community Outreach Library, St. Paul, MN, 2013; Harriet Tubman, Tubman Center Alliance, Minneapolis, MN, 2003 |
Movement | Black Arts Movement |
Spouse | Soyini Guyton |
Children | Jowell Jones and Jacke Jones |
Website | seitujonesstudio |
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Jones is retired from the faculty of the Interdisciplinary Arts MFA program at Goddard College, Port Townsend, Washington and lives and works in St. Paul, Minnesota.[4]