![]() She didn't just cook meals, she showed us how to do it. Bev was the house parent everyone loved and respected. She is always so classy and I believe we would create some stunning images together.ĪCI: How did the idea come about for the "Phoenix: Exhaled" mural that you created with Adreia? What was that collaboration like?ĪSA: In a group home I lived in, we had house parents who did shifts. ![]() I grew up b-boying, yet to this day, I have always admired the grace of other forms. I was blessed in a way that words cannot ever properly explain.ĪCI: Who is one well-known person that you would like to photograph?ĪSA: Deborah (Debbie) Allen. My most important influence was growing up in African-American neighborhoods and schools. You don't get to that level by being comfortable. Derrel Todd-he photographed Prince, Janelle Monae, and Jidenna to name a few. His talents came together to make an image speak. Not only was he an amazing documentary photojournalist, but he was also a film director, writer, and musician. I definitely have to include Gordon Parks. I was so proud of those pieces.ĪCI: Who or what are your top three creative influences?ĪSA: This is such a powerful question to answer in just three influences. I would try to create with it, by how I would place my paint, based on how my little mind thought it would go once the spiraling began. They used to do art outside in the park: this guy used to have a machine that you would drop paint into as it spiraled and it would create all these fantastic images of paints. The Arts Council talked to him about his creative influences, his collaboration with Adreia, who died last August at age 41, and what he's looking forward to in 2021.Īrts Council of Indianapolis: What is the first thing you remember creating, before you even realized you were an artist?Ībdul Shaheed-Aaron: I was either 5 or 6 and my mother used to take us to a park. In 2020, multimedia artist Abdul-Shaheed Aaron collaborated with the late artist Adreia Hawkins to create "Phoenix: Exhaled," a new mural inspired by Maya Angelou's "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," on the Arts Council's building, 924 N.
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