“Colorful Queen” by Destiney Powell
The Washington Theatre at Patterson Park Community Center will host Colorful Cultural, a collection of art by Destiney Powell, through Oct. 9.
Destiney Powell, creator of Poetically Illustrated Inc., is a 28-year-old African-American visual artist born and raised in Batesville, Mississippi. Powell earned her bachelor’s degree from Mississippi State University in 2013. With a signature style of bright, bold watercolors and controversially themed acrylic paintings, Powell has kept her social media following and investors tuned in for more.
“My work serves as a celebration of all the beauty we embody even in the midst of our sometimes dark circumstances,” said Powell.
The precise, yet whimsical and colorful works created by Destiney Powell are the result of diligent attention to detail paired with imagination and the freedom of a creative mind. Powell’s watercolors and acrylic paintings are the product of countless hours of planning and rendering.
The gallery space is an interdepartmental partnership between Murfreesboro’s Patterson Park Community Center and The Washington Theatre. Its mission is to offer a platform for the local community to engage in the production of, and ideas generated by, contemporary art through exhibitions, dialogue, educational programming and community events.
For more information about the gallery space, The Washington Theatre, or Colorful Culture, please contact Susan Hicks at: shicks@murfreesborotn.gov.
