"Dancers" by Allen Stringfellow

15 x 17 inches (image size) collage art -- framed size 23 x 36 inches

Allen Stringfellow 1923-2004 recalls his life in Champaign, Illinois in the early 1920s and 1930s, where he was raised by his grandmother, Mother Briggs. His parents were entertainers and didn't raise their six children. Stringfellow rememebers an elementary school teacher who encouraged his artistic creativity. Stringfellow details his coninuing interest and training in art, which was further encouraged by Roosevelt's New Deal programs at the South Side Community Arts Center.