Alyssa Liles-Amponsah
"A child cannot be taught by anyone who despises him, and a child cannot afford to be fooled."
-James A. Baldwin
My work centers on issues of identity, womanhood and history in American culture. Using mixed media, photography, collage and painting I investigate expressionism through portraiture, environments and figures. My work seeks to make visible the human element of sensationalized subjects that often become desensitized in the American public discourse.
BFA
Painting and Printmaking
Virginia Commonweath University
2005
MA
African American and African Diaspora Studies
Indiana University, Bloomington
2010
Ed.M.
Arts in Education
Harvard Graduate School of Education
2012
Silk Road Connect Fellow, The Silk Road Project
2012
Current Co-Chair of the Continuing the Conversation (alumni led) conference for Arts in Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education
Current Co-Director/consultant with Arts Connect International (CELC)